G06F 3/0425
Using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the
Official title: {using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected (tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386)}
G06F3/0425 (Using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the) appears on 2,136 US grants and 2,770 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 733
- Inventors
- 4,465
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2003 | 19 | 29 |
| 2004 | 19 | 24 |
| 2005 | 12 | 37 |
| 2006 | 20 | 46 |
| 2007 | 13 | 39 |
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| 2009 | 23 | 68 |
| 2010 | 29 | 103 |
| 2011 | 39 | 148 |
| 2012 | 67 | 142 |
| 2013 | 93 | 192 |
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| 2021 | 149 | 118 |
| 2022 | 108 | 111 |
| 2023 | 99 | 92 |
| 2024 | 88 | 64 |
| 2025 | 60 | 60 |
| 2026 | 33 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Calibration method for an electronic display screen for touchless gesture control6 Oct 2026US 12,754,640 B2Ameria AG
- Systems and methods for providing on-screen virtual keyboards22 Sep 2026US 12,743,176 B2Vizio Inc.
- Finger-mounted device with sensors and haptics15 Sep 2026US 12,737,047 B2
- Touch control system and method15 Sep 2026US 12,737,054 B2I-Interactive LLC
- Vehicle display apparatus and control method thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,724,515 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Adaptable virtualized human-machine interface for a portable computer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310341 A1Ameria AG
- Autonomous Machine for Orchard and Agricultural Operations1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293790 A1Bonsai Robotics Inc.
- Autonomous Machine for Orchard and Agricultural Operations1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293791 A1Bonsai Robotics Inc.
- Systems, devices, and methods for extended-reality surface typing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288249 A1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Image interaction system and image interaction method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288283 A1Compal Electronics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Graphical input controller and method with rear screen image detection1,992US 5,483,261 AITU Research, Inc. · 1996
- Man machine interfaces and applications625US 7,042,440 B22006
- Interactive video display system547US 7,348,963 B2Reactrix Systems, Inc. · 2008
- Interactive video display system533US 7,259,747 B2Reactrix Systems, Inc. · 2007
- Method and system for processing captured image information in an interactive video display system515US 7,536,032 B2Reactrix Systems, Inc. · 2009