Patents by Inventor Keith Mertens

Keith Mertens 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).

  • Patent number: 10139918
    Abstract: Embodiments of display control based on dynamic user interactions generally include capturing a plurality of temporally sequential images of the user, or a body part or other control object manipulated by the user, and computationally analyzing the images to recognize a gesture performed by the user. In some embodiments, a scale indicative of an actual gesture distance traversed in performance of the gesture is identified, and a movement or action is displayed on the device based, at least in part, on a ratio between the identified scale and the scale of the displayed movement. In some embodiments, a degree of completion of the recognized gesture is determined, and the display contents are modified in accordance therewith. In some embodiments, a dominant gesture is computationally determined from among a plurality of user gestures, and an action displayed on the device is based on the dominant gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffi Bedikian, Jonathan Marsden, Keith Mertens, David Samuel Holz, Maxwell Sills, Matias Perez, Gabriel A. Hare, Ryan Christopher Julian
  • Patent number: 10042430
    Abstract: During control of a user interface via free-space motions of a hand or other suitable control object, switching between control modes can be facilitated by tracking the control object's movements relative to, and its penetration of, a virtual control construct (such as a virtual surface construct). The position of the virtual control construct can be updated, continuously or from time to time, based on the control object's location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffi Bedikian, Jonathan Marsden, Keith Mertens, David Holz
  • Patent number: 9916009
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing an input are disclosed that detect a portion of a hand and/or other detectable object in a region of space monitored by a 3D sensor. The method further includes determining a zone corresponding to the region of space in which the portion of the hand or other detectable object was detected. Also, the method can include determining from the zone a correct way to interpret inputs made by a position, shape or a motion of the portion of the hand or other detectable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: LEAP MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Zagorsek, Avinash Dabir, Paul Durdik, Keith Mertens
  • Patent number: 9857876
    Abstract: Implementations of the technology disclosed convert captured motion from Cartesian/(x,y,z) space to Frenet-Serret frame space, apply one or more filters to the motion in Frenet-Serret space, and output data (for display or control) in a desired coordinate space—e.g., in a Cartesian/(x,y,z) reference frame. The output data can better represent a user's actual motion or intended motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel A Hare, Keith Mertens, Matias Perez, Neeloy Roy, David Holz
  • Publication number: 20170075428
    Abstract: During control of a user interface via free-space motions of a hand or other suitable control object, switching between control modes can be facilitated by tracking the control object's movements relative to, and its penetration of, a virtual control construct (such as a virtual surface construct). The position of the virtual control construct can be updated, continuously or from time to time, based on the control object's location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffi BEDIKIAN, Jonathan MARSDEN, Keith MERTENS, David HOLZ
  • Publication number: 20170017306
    Abstract: Embodiments of display control based on dynamic user interactions generally include capturing a plurality of temporally sequential images of the user, or a body part or other control object manipulated by the user, and computationally analyzing the images to recognize a gesture performed by the user. In some embodiments, a scale indicative of an actual gesture distance traversed in performance of the gesture is identified, and a movement or action is displayed on the device based, at least in part, on a ratio between the identified scale and the scale of the displayed movement. In some embodiments, a degree of completion of the recognized gesture is determined, and the display contents are modified in accordance therewith. In some embodiments, a dominant gesture is computationally determined from among a plurality of user gestures, and an action displayed on the device is based on the dominant gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffi BEDIKIAN, Jonathan MARSDEN, Keith MERTENS, David Samuel HOLZ, Maxwell SILLS, Matias PEREZ, Gabriel A. HARE, Ryan Christopher JULIAN
  • Patent number: 9501152
    Abstract: During control of a user interface via free-space motions of a hand or other suitable control object, switching between control modes may be facilitated by tracking the control object's movements relative to, and its penetration of, a virtual control construct (such as a virtual surface construct). The position of the virtual control construct may be updated, continuously or from time to time, based on the control object's location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffi Bedikian, Jonathan Marsden, Keith Mertens, David Holz
  • Patent number: 9459697
    Abstract: Embodiments of display control based on dynamic user interactions generally include capturing a plurality of temporally sequential images of the user, or a body part or other control object manipulated by the user, and computationally analyzing the images to recognize a gesture performed by the user. In some embodiments, a scale indicative of an actual gesture distance traversed in performance of the gesture is identified, and a movement or action is displayed on the device based, at least in part, on a ratio between the identified scale and the scale of the displayed movement. In some embodiments, a degree of completion of the recognized gesture is determined, and the display contents are modified in accordance therewith. In some embodiments, a dominant gesture is computationally determined from among a plurality of user gestures, and an action displayed on the device is based on the dominant gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Raffi Bedikian, Jonathan Marsden, Keith Mertens, David Holz, Maxwell Sills, Matias Perez, Gabriel A. Hare, Ryan Julian
  • Publication number: 20150022447
    Abstract: Implementations of the technology disclosed convert captured motion from Cartesian/(x,y,z) space to Frenet-Serret frame space, apply one or more filters to the motion in Frenet-Serret space, and output data (for display or control) in a desired coordinate space—e.g., in a Cartesian/(x,y,z) reference frame. The output data can better represent a user's actual motion or intended motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel A. HARE, Keith MERTENS, Matias PEREZ, Neeloy ROY, David HOLZ
  • Publication number: 20140320408
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing an input are disclosed that detect a portion of a hand and/or other detectable object in a region of space monitored by a 3D sensor. The method further includes determining a zone corresponding to the region of space in which the portion of the hand or other detectable object was detected. Also, the method can include determining from the zone a correct way to interpret inputs made by a position, shape or a motion of the portion of the hand or other detectable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: LEAP MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael ZAGORSEK, Avinash DABIR, Paul DURDIK, Keith MERTENS
  • Publication number: 20140201689
    Abstract: During control of a user interface via free-space motions of a hand or other suitable control object, switching between control modes may be facilitated by tracking the control object's movements relative to, and its penetration of, a virtual control construct (such as a virtual surface construct). The position of the virtual control construct may be updated, continuously or from time to time, based on the control object's location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Raffi Bedikian, Jonathan Marsden, Keith Mertens, David Holz
  • Publication number: 20140201666
    Abstract: Embodiments of display control based on dynamic user interactions generally include capturing a plurality of temporally sequential images of the user, or a body part or other control object manipulated by the user, and computationally analyzing the images to recognize a gesture performed by the user. In some embodiments, a scale indicative of an actual gesture distance traversed in performance of the gesture is identified, and a movement or action is displayed on the device based, at least in part, on a ratio between the identified scale and the scale of the displayed movement. In some embodiments, a degree of completion of the recognized gesture is determined, and the display contents are modified in accordance therewith. In some embodiments, a dominant gesture is computationally determined from among a plurality of user gestures, and an action displayed on the device is based on the dominant gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Raffi Bedikian, Jonathan Marsden, Keith Mertens, David Holz, Maxwell Sills, Matias Perez, Gabriel A. Hare, Ryan Julian