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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Robert D Blanton, San Diego, CA (US);

Otto K Sievert, Oceanside, CA (US);

Hamadi Jamali, Escondido, CA (US);

David Bradley Short, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert D Blanton, San Diego, CA (US);

Otto K Sievert, Oceanside, CA (US);

Hamadi Jamali, Escondido, CA (US);

David Bradley Short, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 9/47 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0426 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one example, a projection capture system includes: a visible light projector to project a pattern on to a surface of a GUI control object placed on or above a work surface; a visible light camera to capture an image of the pattern projected on to the surface of the control object; and a controller operatively connected to the projector and the camera. Programming on the controller determines (1) a lateral position of the pattern relative to a reference position associated with the work surface based on the pattern image captured by the camera and (2) a height of the pattern above the work surface based on the lateral position of the pattern.


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