Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Olivier Bau

Mike Digman

Sajid Hassan Sadi

Vatche A Attarian

Ernest Rehmi Post

Cody Blair Wortham

Iliya Tsekov

Sergi Consul

Philipp Schoessler

Bogdana Rakova

Sergi Consul Pacareu

Martin Salvador

Ivan Poupyrev

Ali Israr

Brian Thomas Harms

Yedan Qian

Pol Pla

Kangjin Yoon

Yangwook Kim

Sungchan Kim

Yoshio Ishiguro

Junyeon Cho

Mark Stauber

Sajjad Rahaman

Yuri Suzuki

James H Auger

Gabriel Reyes

Chris Harrison

Mathieu LeGoc

Brian Harms

Phillipp Schoessler

Michael Digman

In particular embodiments, an apparatus includes a single electrode configured to passively receive a charge displacement and a change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in an environment. The apparatus further includes a touch sensor, coupled to the single electrode, configured to detect a first input based on the charge displacement, and a second input based on the change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in the environment.

Interaction sensing

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an electrode that is coupled to a body of a user and is configured to receive a signal from the body. The received signal is based on an electromagnetic interference signal generated by an object that is external to the apparatus. The apparatus further includes one or more processors coupled to the electrode. The processors are configured to detect, based on the signal received by the electrode, one or more of: an interaction between the user and the object, an identity of the object, or a context surrounding the apparatus.

Electromagnetic interference signal detection

A user input on a panel can be realized by detecting, by the panel, at least a first electromagnetic signal output by a pen device and, responsive to detecting the first electromagnetic signal output by the pen device, initiating at least a first process of a plurality of processes based on detecting the first electromagnetic signal output by the pen device.

Pen device&#x2014;panel interaction based on electromagnetic signals output by the pen device

In one embodiment, one or more systems may receive input from a user identifying an interactive region of a physical environment. The one or more systems may determine a location of the interactive region relative to a depth sensor and monitor, at least in part by the depth sensor, the interactive region for a predetermined event. The one or more systems may detect, at least in part by the depth sensor, the predetermined event. In response to detecting the predetermined event, the one or more systems may initiate a predetermined action associated with the predetermined event.

User-configurable interactive region monitoring

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an electrode of a device, a signal from a user's body. The received signal is based on an electromagnetic interference signal generated by an object that is external to the device. The method further includes determining, using machine learning applied to the received signal, one or more of the following: an identity of the object, an interaction between the user and the object, or a context surrounding the device.

Processing electromagnetic interference signal using machine learning

In particular embodiments, an apparatus includes an insulator coupled to one or more electrodes that are configured to passively sense charge displacement or a change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in an environment.

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first context data associated with a first touch event on a first device and accessing a second context data associated with a touch event on the first device. The touch event has been detected by a second device. The method further includes comparing the first context data with the second context data and determining, based on the comparison, whether the first touch event is the touch event detected by the second device.

Identifying device associated with touch event

In one embodiment, a method includes determining, based on output from a sensor, a proximity of an object to a device and comparing the determined proximity to a threshold proximity. The method further includes selecting, based on the comparison, an interaction mode for processing interactions between the object and the device. The method further includes processing interactions between the object and the device according to the selected interaction mode.

Interaction modes for object-device interactions

In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving a signal from an electrode of a touch sensor that senses a charge displacement, based on the signal, in order to detect the contact or separation. The method further includes detecting a contact or separation input to the touch sensor.

According to one implementation, a sonic field sound system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a sound modulation software code. The sound system further includes an acoustic object coupled to an input of the computing platform via a capacitance sensing unit. The acoustic object has one or more input interface(s) coupled to an output of the computing platform, and also has a resonant cavity having at least one outlet. The hardware processor is configured to execute the sound modulation software code to generate a waveform for driving the one or more input interface(s) of the acoustic object via the output of the computing platform to produce a sound.

Sonic field sound system

In one embodiment, a device includes at least one transducer configured to vibrate within a first frequency range to generate a signal audible by a wearer of the device. The device includes the first material, which has an acoustic impedance at one or more frequencies within the first frequency range that is substantially similar to an acoustic impedance of the wearer's skin at the one or more frequencies. The device includes a second material that has an acoustic impedance at one or more frequencies within the first frequency range that substantially differs from an acoustic impedance of an environment of the device.

Wearable audio device

The touch sensor is a touch sensor that senses changes in characteristics of the electromagnetic signal in an environment in order to detect the contact or the proximity.

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Olivier Bau