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US 8,801,134 B2Granted
Determining positioning of a handheld image translation device using multiple sensors
AssigneeMarvell World Trade Ltd.
InventorsJames Bledsoe, James Mealy, Asher Simmons
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a handheld image translation device are described herein. The handheld image translation device may include a position module to determine positioning information including both translation and rotation information based at least in part on captured navigational measurements. A print module of the handheld image translation device may cause print forming substances to be deposited based at least in part on the positioning information. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims20
A handheld image translation device comprising:
- a communication interface configured to receive an image from an image source;
- a first navigation sensor and a second navigation sensor;
- a position module configured to
- control (i) the first navigation sensor to capture a plurality of first navigational measurements and (ii) the second navigation sensor to capture a plurality of second navigational measurements,
- accumulate (i) first incremental translational changes between successive navigational measurements of the plurality of first navigational measurements and (ii) second incremental translational changes among successive navigational measurements of the plurality of second navigational measurements,
- determine a difference between (i) the accumulated first incremental translational changes and (ii) the accumulated second incremental translational changes, and
- determine a rotation of the handheld image translation device relative to a reference location based at least in part on the difference between (i) the accumulated first incremental translational changes and (ii) the accumulated second incremental translational changes;
- and
- a print module configured to cause a printing substance to be deposited on a medium based at least in part on (i) the image and (ii) the determined rotation of the handheld image translation device relative to the reference location.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an image from an image source;
- capturing (i) a plurality of first navigational measurements and (ii) a plurality of second navigational measurements;
- accumulating (i) first incremental translational changes between successive navigational measurements of the plurality of first navigational measurements and (ii) second incremental translational changes between successive navigational measurements of the plurality of second navigational measurements;
- determining a difference between (i) the accumulated first incremental translational changes and (ii) the accumulated second incremental translational changes;
- determining a rotation of a handheld image translation device relative to a reference location based at least in part on the difference between (i) the accumulated first incremental translational changes and (ii) the accumulated second incremental translational changes;
- and
- depositing a printing substance on a medium based at least in part on (i) the received image and (ii) the determined rotation of the handheld image translation device relative to the reference location.
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A machine-accessible medium having associated instructions, which, when executed results in a handheld image translation device:
- receiving an image from an image source;
- capturing (i) a plurality of first navigational measurements and (ii) a plurality of second navigational measurements;
- accumulating (i) first incremental translational changes between successive navigational measurements of the plurality of first navigational measurements and (ii) second incremental translational changes between successive navigational measurements of the plurality of second navigational measurements;
- determining a difference between (i) the accumulated first incremental translational changes and (ii) the accumulated second incremental translational changes;
- determining a rotation of a handheld image translation device relative to a reference location based at least in part on the difference between (i) the accumulated first incremental translational changes and (ii) the accumulated second incremental translational changes;
- and
- depositing a printing substance on a medium based at least in part on (i) the received image and (ii) the determined rotation of the handheld image translation device relative to the reference location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.