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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:
Jan. 06, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2011
Applicants:

Anthony Ambrus, Seattle, WA (US);

Kyungsuk David Lee, Redmond, WA (US);

Andrew Campbell, Kirkland, WA (US);

David Haley, Bellevue, WA (US);

Brian Mount, Seattle, WA (US);

Albert Robles, Redmond, WA (US);

Daniel Osborn, Redmond, WA (US);

Shawn Wright, Sammamish, WA (US);

Nahil Sharkasi, Kirkland, WA (US);

Dave Hill, Bellevue, WA (US);

Daniel Mcculloch, Kirkland, WA (US);

Alexandru Balan, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Anthony Ambrus, Seattle, WA (US);

Kyungsuk David Lee, Redmond, WA (US);

Andrew Campbell, Kirkland, WA (US);

David Haley, Bellevue, WA (US);

Brian Mount, Seattle, WA (US);

Albert Robles, Redmond, WA (US);

Daniel Osborn, Redmond, WA (US);

Shawn Wright, Sammamish, WA (US);

Nahil Sharkasi, Kirkland, WA (US);

Dave Hill, Bellevue, WA (US);

Daniel McCulloch, Kirkland, WA (US);

Alexandru Balan, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00375 (2013.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are disclosed relating to a pipeline for generating a computer model of a target user, including a hand model of the user's hands, captured by an image sensor in a NUI system. The computer model represents a best estimate of the position of a user's hand or hands and whether the hand or hand is in an open or closed state. The generated hand model may be used by a gaming or other application to determine such things as user gestures and control actions.


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