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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Andreas Kristensson, Söndra Sandby, SE;
Alexander Hunt, Tygelsjö, SE;
Ola Thörn, Limhamn, SE;
Magnus Landqvist, Lund, SE;
Assignees:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 3/015 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06K 9/00302 (2013.01); G06K 9/00315 (2013.01); G06K 9/00355 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to analyze a characteristic of an ultrasonic signal that propagated on a face of a user of the computational device and effected by an on-body touch, by the user, in an area in which the ultrasonic signal has propagated, wherein the characteristic includes at least one of facial expression or contraction state of a facial muscle; select an input based on an analysis of the ultrasound event; and perform an action specified by the input.