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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Harrison, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert Xiao, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gierad Laput, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06V 30/142 (2022.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06K 9/00496 (2013.01); G06V 10/235 (2022.01); G06V 30/142 (2022.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method and system a system that enables users to simply tap their smartphone or other electronic device to an object to discover and rapidly utilize contextual functionality. As described herein, the system and method provide for recognition of physical contact with uninstrumented objects, and summons object-specific interfaces.