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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2003
Donald J. Stavely, Windsor, CO (US);
Mark J. Bianchi, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
David K. Campbell, Loveland, CO (US);
Amy E. Battles, Windsor, CO (US);
Heather N. Bean, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Donald J. Stavely, Windsor, CO (US);
Mark J. Bianchi, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
David K. Campbell, Loveland, CO (US);
Amy E. Battles, Windsor, CO (US);
Heather N. Bean, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an eye-start system that includes a light source adapted to be housed within a viewfinder of a device, and a light sensor also adapted to be housed within the device viewfinder, the light sensor being configured to sense light from the light source that reflects off of a user looking into the viewfinder. With this system, light reflected off of the user is sensed by the light sensor and, upon such an occurrence, a device action is activated.