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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Oculus Vr, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mohsen Shahmohammadi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

James David White, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Dawei Wang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Ying Yang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/015 (2013.01); G06F 2203/011 (2013.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

An interactive system (e.g., a head-mounted-display device) may include (1) a facial coupling subsystem having electrodes configured to conduct at least one biopotential signal (e.g., an EOG or EMG signal) generated by a user's body, (2) a receiving subsystem electrically connected to the facial coupling subsystem and configured to receive, from the user's body via at least one electrode of the facial coupling subsystem, the biopotential signal, and (3) a detection subsystem electrically connected to the receiving subsystem and configured to (a) determine at least one characteristic of the biopotential signal and (b) use the at least one characteristic of the biopotential signal to determine a gaze direction of an eye of the user and/or a facial gesture of the user. Various other apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.


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