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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:
Sep. 27, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:

Baanto International Ltd., Mississauga, CA;

Inventors:

Avanindra Utukuri, Mississauga, CA;

Jonathan Clarke, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

Baanto International Ltd., Mississauga, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 15/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0421 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various system and methods for estimating the position of one or more radiation blocking objects on a surface are disclosed. A plurality of radiation sources and radiation sensors are positioned about the surface. A plurality of sectors corresponding to the position of at least some of the radiation blocking objects relative to each of the radiation sensors is determined based on a radiation intensity signal for each radiation sensor. The position of the radiation blocking objects is estimated by analyzing various combinations of the sectors. In some embodiments, the size of a radiation blocking object may be estimated based on characteristics of a polygon corresponding to a combination of sectors.


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