Control of an electronic apparatus using micro-impulse radar
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsMahalaxmi Gita Bangera, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K. Y. Jung, Jordin T. Kare, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Clarence T. Tegreene, David B. Tuckerman, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
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Abstract
A computer or entertainment system is configured to respond to data received from a micro impulse radar configured to detect movement, physiology, posture, presence, and/or absence of a person in one or more regions near the computer or entertainment system.
Claims62
A computer with micro-impulse radar feedback, comprising:
- a display configured to display images to a person located in a first region;
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- a micro-impulse radar configured to probe a second region to detect all or a portion of one or more individuals and produce a micro-impulse radar signal;
- a processing unit operatively coupled to the micro-impulse radar to receive the micro-impulse radar signal and operatively coupled to the display for controlling the display, the processing unit including processing hardware and an operating system configured to run one or more application programs, the processing unit configured to determine a predicted emotional state of the one or more individuals at least partially from the micro-impulse radar signal;
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- wherein at least one of the processing hardware, operating system, or application program is configured to read at least a subset of information associated with the micro-impulse radar signal and to conditionally select content or characteristics of the images displayed on the display responsive to the predicted emotional state, wherein the selected content or characteristics of the images responsive to the predicted emotional state are predicted to produce a target emotional state.
A method for controlling a computer, comprising:
- receiving one or more micro-impulse radar signals from one or more regions;
- performing analysis on the one or more micro-impulse radar signals to determine an emotional state of one or more persons in the one or more regions;
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- conditionally selecting an operation parameter of the computer predicted to produce a target emotional state of the one or more persons in the one or more regions responsive to the emotional state.
An entertainment system configured to adapt to personal preferences, comprising:
- a media output apparatus configured to present media content according to one or more program options;
- a micro-impulse radar configured to probe a region proximate the media output apparatus that includes one or more persons therein and output a micro-impulse radar signal;
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- a controller configured to receive the micro-impulse radar signal, determine an emotional state of the one or more persons at least partially based on the micro-impulse radar signal, and select the one or more program options responsive to the determined emotional state corresponding to the one or more persons in the probed region, wherein the one or more program options are predicted to produce a target emotional state in the one or more persons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.