DISPLAY CAPABLE OF OBJECT RECOGNITION

• US 20160320920A1
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T1V, Inc.
• Original Assignee: T1V, Inc.
• Inventors: MORRIS, James E., FELDMAN, Michael R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,809,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0382 Plural input, i.e. interface arrangements in which a plurality of input device of the same type are in communication with a PC
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0227 Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0425 using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A system includes a screen, and a computer that detects an object near the screen through use of a camera on the object without using a visible code on the object and that sets up a dedicated link between the object and the computer.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a screen; and

a computer that detects an object near the screen through use of a camera on the object without using a visible code on the object and that sets up a dedicated link between the object and the computer.

2. A system, comprising:

a large format display; and

a host computer in communication with the large format display, wherein, when an object including a camera is near the large format display, the host computer displays codes on the large format display for detection by the camera, to establish a dedicated link with the object based on the codes detected by the camera, the host computer to determine a location of the object.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an interactive sensor.

4. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the host computer determines a location of the object in response to a touch by a user adjacent the object.

5. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the host computer displays a representation of the object in a region adjacent the object.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the object includes an interactive sensor and items dragged off of the object towards a border of the representation are sent to the large format display.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein items dragged from the large format display towards the representation are sent to the object.

8. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the host computer is configured to run a device present code across the large format display and determine whether the camera detects the device present code.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the device present code is invisible to viewers of the large format display.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the device present code includes varying at least one of color and brightness by a predetermined amount for a preset block of pixels.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the device present code includes varying at least one of color and brightness by a predetermined amount for a preset block of pixels over specific time intervals.

12. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein, once a device is determined to be present due to detection of the device present code by the camera, the host computer is to run a code with position identifiers across the large format display and determine whether the camera detects the code with position identifiers.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the host computer is configured to run the code with position identifiers across increasing smaller regions of the large format display until the position of the object is determined.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, if the code with position identifiers includes more than one code block pixel, the host computer is configured to extrapolate an orientation of the object on the large format display.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, once the position of the object is determined, the host computer is configured to run a code with orientation identifiers at the position of the object to determine an orientation of the object on the large format display.

22. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the location of the object is directly on the large format display.

28. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the location of the object is adjacent the large format display.

29. The system as claimed in claim 28, wherein the location includes a specific region of the large format display.

34. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the host computer displays a region on the large format display to which items to be transferred between the large format display and the object are to be placed.

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