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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Applicant:
David Minnen, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Minnen, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oblong Industries, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06K 9/00375 (2013.01); G06F 3/0325 (2013.01); G06K 2009/3225 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for initializing real-time, vision-based hand tracking systems are described. The systems and methods for initializing the vision-based hand tracking systems image a body and receive gesture data that is absolute three-space data of an instantaneous state of the body at a point in time and space, and at least one of determine an orientation of the body using an appendage of the body and track the body using at least one of the orientation and the gesture data.