Methods and apparatuses for controlling a system via a sensor
AssigneeWest Texas Technology Partners, LLC
InventorAllen Yang Yang
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Abstract
Embodiments include a method. The method includes maintaining, by a processing device, a real-time context describing a circumstance affecting an object. The method also includes determining a first saturation level of the object within a first portion of the field of view (FOV) of a sensor at a first point in time. The method also includes determining a second saturation level of the object within a second portion of the FOV of the sensor at a second point in time. The method also includes executing, by the processing device, an action to address a positive saturation determination between the first saturation level and the second saturation level.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- defining, by a processing device, one or more actions to be carried out when a saturation determination is positive;
- determining by the processing device a first saturation level of an object within a first portion of a field of view (FOV) of a sensor at a first point in time;
- determining by the processing device a second saturation level of the object within a second portion of the FOV of the sensor at a second point in time;
- determining by the processing device that the first saturation level is different than the second saturation level, wherein a difference between the first saturation level and the second saturation level is a position saturation determination;
- and
- executing, by the processing device, an action to address a positive saturation determination between the first saturation level and the second saturation level.
A device, comprising:
- a sensor configured to:
- sense a first saturation level of an object at a first point in time;
- and
- sense a second saturation level of the object at a second point in time;
- a memory configured to store:
- a saturation profile;
- and
- a saturation response, wherein the saturation response comprises:
- navigating a user interface;
- transmitting data;
- sending instructions to another device;
- or
- executing another processing function;
- and
- a processing device coupled to the sensor and the memory, wherein the processing device is configured to:
- reference the first saturation level on the saturation profile to determine a first position of the object within a first portion of a field of view (FOV) of the sensor at the first point in time, wherein the object occupying the first portion of the FOV is indicative of the object being a first distance from the sensor;
- reference the second saturation level on the saturation profile to determine a second position of the object within a second portion of the field of view (FOV) of the sensor at the second point in time, wherein the object occupying the second portion of the FOV is indicative of the object being a second distance from the sensor;
- and
- in response to the object being at the first distance at the first point in time and the second distance at the second point in time, execute the saturation response based on the first saturation level and the second saturation level.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor configured to:
- sense a movement of an object;
- and
- sense a saturation level of the object;
- a memory configured to store:
- a saturation profile;
- and
- a saturation response, wherein the saturation response comprises:
- navigating a user interface;
- transmitting data
- sending instructions to another device;
- or
- executing another processing function;
- and
- a processing device coupled to the sensor and the memory, wherein the processing device is configured to:
- identify a gesture based on a change in position of the object;
- determine that the saturation level exceeds a threshold saturation level;
- and
- in response to the movement of the object matching the defined movement for the gesture and the saturation level exceeding the threshold saturation level, execute the saturation response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.