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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijay Baiyya, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tommer Leyvand, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Plagge, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dawson Yee, Medina, WA (US);
John Link, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryon Ashley, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Andrew Jesse Milluzzi, Westlake, OH (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method comprises receiving one or more depth images from a depth camera, the depth images indicating a depth of a surface imaged by each pixel of the depth images. The method may further comprise identifying a human subject imaged by the depth images and recognizing within one or more of the depth images a beacon emitted from a control device. A position of the control device may be assessed in three dimensions, and the control device may be associated with the human subject based on a proximity of the control device to the human subject or other parameter of the control device with relation to the human subject.