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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Invensense, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amr Al-Hamad, Calgary, CA;
Abdelrahman Ali, Calgary, CA;
Jacques Georgy, Calgary, CA;
Christopher Goodall, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
InvenSense, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G01C 11/04 (2006.01); G01C 21/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3208 (2013.01); G01C 11/04 (2013.01); G01C 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06K 9/3216 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure is about a method and apparatus for estimating heading misalignment between a device and a person, where the device/apparatus comprises an optical sensor, the optical sensor capable of capturing an image of the person. At least one physical feature of the person is extracted from the image. A misalignment angle is estimated using the at least one physical feature of the person extracted from the image.