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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:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp, Eindhoven, NL;
Tim Dekker, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp, Eindhoven, NL;
Tim Dekker, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The user interaction system comprises a portable pointing device () connected to a camera () and sending pictures to a digital signal processor (), capable of recognizing an object () and a command given by the user () by moving the pointing device () in a specific way, and controlling an electrical apparatus () on the basis of this recognition. (Characteristic) pattern generation means () can be included in the system for facilitating object recognition.