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Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2023
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Forest Johnson, Hazlet, NJ (US);

Pamela Juhl Sokoler, Colts Neck, NJ (US);

Prakash Thiruvenkatam, Morganville, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04L 41/0813 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2816 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06V 40/176 (2022.01); H04L 41/0813 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for changing the state of a network-connected device in response to at least one facial gesture of a user are disclosed. For example, a processing system including at least one processor captures images of a face of a user, detects at least one facial gesture of the user from the images, determines an intention to change a state of a network-connected device from the at least one facial gesture, generates a command for the network-connected device in accordance with the intention, and outputs the command to cause the state of the network-connected device to change.


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