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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mike Scavezze, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jason Scott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jonathan Steed, Redmond, WA (US);
Ian McIntyre, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron Krauss, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Daniel McCulloch, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stephen Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to the automatic tracking of objects. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a mobile computing device having an image sensor. The method includes acquiring image data, identifying an inanimate moveable object in the image data, determining whether the inanimate moveable object is a tracked object, if the inanimate moveable object is a tracked object, then storing information regarding a state of the inanimate moveable object, detecting a trigger to provide a notification of the state of the inanimate moveable object, and providing an output of the notification of the state of the inanimate moveable object.