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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2022
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Evan Perillo, Woodinville, WA (US);
Maxwell Wei Xuan, Washington, DC (US);
Baomin Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Brendan Pratt, Bethel, CT (US);
Yufei Jia, Seattle, WA (US);
Abhinav Kashyap, Redmond, WA (US);
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes a user-recognition system configured to target a location of a palm of a user at a wide variety of distances without the need to illuminate and/or capture an entire field of view (FOV) at all times. The user-recognition system comprising a first sensor for capturing an image of the palm, a first mirror disposed with the first sensor, a projector disposed with the first mirror, and a second mirror disposed with the first mirror. The second mirror being displaceable and configured to reflect light, projected from the projector and reflected from the first mirror, in a direction toward the palm, and reflect received light, reflected from the palm to the first mirror and to the first sensor.