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US 2019/0101992 A1Published application
A System for Enabling Rich Contextual Applications for Interface-Poor Smart Devices
AssigneeCarnegie Mellon University
InventorsChristopher Harrison, Robert Xiao, Gierad Laput
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method and system a system that enables users to simply tap their smartphone or other electronic device to an object to discover and rapidly utilize contextual functionality. As described herein, the system and method provide for recognition of physical contact with uninstrumented objects, and summons object-specific interfaces.
Claims13
A method of recognizing and interacting with an object comprising:
- touching an electronic device to an object,
- wherein the electronic device comprises a controller, a user interface, and an antenna receptive of electro-magnetic signals emitted from the object;
- receiving an electro-magnetic signal from the object using the antenna;
- analyzing the electro-magnetic signal received by the antenna;
- using the analyzed electro-magnetic signal to classify the object;
- and
- determining whether the object supports a contextual action.
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A system for recognizing and interacting with an object comprising:
- an electronic device comprising:
- an antenna for receiving an electro-magnetic signal from an object,
- a controller for analyzing the received electro-magnetic signal,
- a classification engine for classifying the object based on the analyzed signal, and
- a user interface, wherein the user interface displays a contextual charm associated with the classified object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.