The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lejing Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rohit Sethi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
Touch detection may include determining, based on data from an IMU on a first device that monitors movement of a touching object, a touch event, wherein the touch event indicates contact between the touching object and a surface, obtaining a depth image captured by a second device, comprising a touch image, determining a touch point of the object based on the touch image, and providing a response based on the touch point of the object and the touched surface.