Patents by Inventor Jonathan C. Thompson

Jonathan C. Thompson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Gesture based human computer interaction
    Patent number: 9304597
    Abstract: Apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method associated with human computer interaction. In embodiments, a computing device may include a plurality of sensors, including a plurality of light sources and a camera, to create a three dimensional (3-D) interaction region within which to track individual finger positions of a user of the computing device. The light sources and the camera may be complementarily disposed for the camera to capture the finger or hand positions. The computing device may further include a 3-D interaction module configured to analyze the individual finger positions within the 3-D interaction region, the individual finger movements captured by the camera, to detect a gesture based on a result of the analysis, and to execute a user control action corresponding to the gesture detected. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Grunnet-Jepsen, John N. Sweetser, Paul Winer, Steven S. Bateman, Akihiro Takagi, Leonid M. Keselman, Chandrika Jayant, Jonathan C. Thompson
  • GESTURE BASED HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
    Publication number: 20150116214
    Abstract: Apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method associated with human computer interaction. In embodiments, a computing device may include a plurality of sensors, including a plurality of light sources and a camera, to create a three dimensional (3-D) interaction region within which to track individual finger positions of a user of the computing device. The light sources and the camera may be complementarily disposed for the camera to capture the finger or hand positions. The computing device may further include a 3-D interaction module configured to analyze the individual finger positions within the 3-D interaction region, the individual finger movements captured by the camera, to detect a gesture based on a result of the analysis, and to execute a user control action corresponding to the gesture detected. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Anders Grunnet-Jepsen, John N. Sweetser, Paul Winer, Steven S. Bateman, Akihiro Takagi, Leonid M. Keselman, Chandrika Jayant, Jonathan C. Thompson