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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:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Alyn Miller, Redlands, CA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01); G08C 2201/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments for using a depth camera to emit remote control signals are provided. In one example embodiment, a depth camera includes an infrared light to emit infrared light at a physical space, an infrared camera to receive infrared light from the physical space, an imaging interface to output a depth map derived from the infrared light, and a control interface to receive an instruction indicating a remote control signal to emit from the infrared light.