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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:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

William P. Alberth, Prairie Grove, IL (US);

Rachid M. Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);

Timothy Dickinson, Crystal Lake, IL (US);

Assignee:

Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/7435 (2013.01); A61B 5/748 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/4824 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 2560/0295 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for identifying location of a touched body part. The method includes initializing a tracking system for monitoring travel of a pointer useful for indicating a touching operation, wherein the touching operation is performed on a body part. In addition, the method includes monitoring the travel of the pointer from a predetermined first location to a second location, wherein the second location coincides with a touch endpoint on a body part; and identifying the location of body part that was touched by the pointer.


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