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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Stan Adermann, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey Kinsey, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard Hanks, Seattle, WA (US);
John Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);
Stan Adermann, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey Kinsey, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard Hanks, Seattle, WA (US);
John Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically pairing an input device to a user is provided herein. According to one embodiment, the method includes receiving an input from an unpaired input device within an observed scene, and calculating a position of the unpaired input device upon receiving the input. The method further includes detecting one or more users within the observed scene via a capture device, creating a candidate list of the one or more detected users determined to be within a vicinity of the unpaired input device, and assigning one detected user on the candidate list to the unpaired input device to initiate pairing.