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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rex Xu, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Ashish Pradhan, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G01S 7/481 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention are directed towards identifying users in a room by an intelligent personal assistant for automatic control of certain devices controlled by the assistant. The assistant may have a retractable, reflector that is used to identify persons in the vicinity of the assistant when the retractable, reflector is in an extended position. The retractable, reflector may additionally be stowed inside the assistant to stop processing visual information in the vicinity of the assistant.