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Patent No.:

US 9727133 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2014

Ultrasound-based facial and modal touch sensing with head worn device

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:

Tucker Ellis LLP

Primary Examiner:

Patrick Edouard

Assistant Examiner:

Matthew Yeung

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kristensson, Andreas. (2017). Ultrasound-based facial and modal touch sensing with head worn device (U.S. Patent No. 9727133). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9727133

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