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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:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael J. Sinclair, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard S. Szeliski, Bellevue, WA (US);
Matthew J. Conway, Seattle, WA (US);
Erik J. Hanson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael J. Sinclair, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard S. Szeliski, Bellevue, WA (US);
Matthew J. Conway, Seattle, WA (US);
Erik J. Hanson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an input device, a camera captures images of a surface. Using the images, the input device determines its orientation. Data representing the orientation of the input device and data representing the captured image are communicated from the input device to a host computing device.