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US 11,386,711 B2Granted
Automotive and industrial motion sensory device
AssigneeUltrahaptics IP Two Limited
InventorsDavid S. Holz, Justin Schunick, Neeloy Roy, Chen Zheng, Ward Travis
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Abstract
The technology disclosed relates to highly functional/highly accurate motion sensory control devices for use in automotive and industrial control systems capable of capturing and providing images to motion capture systems that detect gestures in a three dimensional (3D) sensory space.
Claims13
An embeddable motion sensory control device, including:
- a controller coupled to imaging sensors, sonic transducers, and one or more illumination sources to control operation thereof, the controller being configured to acquire imaging information and sonic information of a scene directly reflected, by a hand of an occupant of a vehicle in the scene, to the imaging sensors and the sonic transducers, and providing at least a near real time stream of the imaging information and sonic information of the scene to the vehicle;
- one or more fasteners that fasten the imaging sensors and the one or more illumination sources to a mounting surface of the vehicle;
- and
- wherein the controller is further configured to interact with an augmented reality system providing a heads up display (HUD) on a windshield of the vehicle, such that a graphical object representing the hand of the occupant is displayed by the HUD onto the windshield and the graphical object is capable of interacting with other objects displayed by the HUD as a result of movement of the hand of the occupant, and
- wherein the controller is further configured to determine an overall level of happiness of occupants of the vehicle according to at least a frequency of changes in environmental controls of the vehicle,
- wherein the controller is further configured to select an icon that illustrates facial features inherently representing the determined overall level of happiness,
- wherein the controller is further configured to interact with the augmented reality system to display an augmented reality presentation by the HUD onto the windshield including the selected icon, such that a driver of the vehicle is informed of the overall level of happiness of other occupants of the vehicle, and
- wherein the changes in environmental controls of the vehicle include changes in the control of the temperature of the vehicle.
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An embeddable motion sensory control device, including:
- a controller coupled to imaging sensors, sonic transducers, and one or more illumination sources to control operation thereof, the controller being configured to acquire imaging information and sonic information of a scene directly reflected, by a hand of an occupant of a vehicle in the scene, to the imaging sensors and the sonic transducers, and providing at least a near real time stream of the imaging information and sonic information of the scene to the vehicle;
- one or more fasteners that fasten the imaging sensors and the one or more illumination sources to a mounting surface of the vehicle;
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- wherein the controller is further configured to interact with an augmented reality system providing a heads up display (HUD) on a windshield of the vehicle, such that a graphical object representing the hand of the occupant is displayed by the HUD onto the windshield and the graphical object is capable of interacting with other objects displayed by the HUD as a result of movement of the hand of the occupant,
- wherein the controller is further configured to determine an overall level of happiness of occupants of the vehicle according to at least a frequency of changes in environmental controls of the vehicle,
- wherein the controller is further configured to select an icon that illustrates facial features inherently representing the determined overall level of happiness,
- wherein the controller is further configured to interact with the augmented reality system to display an augmented reality presentation by the HUD onto the windshield including the selected icon, such that a driver of the vehicle is informed of the overall level of happiness of other occupants of the vehicle, and
- wherein the changes in environmental controls of the vehicle include changes in the control of the amount of ambient light of the vehicle.
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