Patents by Inventor Maria Ngomba

Maria Ngomba 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).

  • Three-Dimensional Virtual-Touch Human-Machine Interface System and Method Therefor
    Publication number: 20070132721
    Abstract: A three-dimensional virtual-touch human-machine interface system (20) and a method (100) of operating the system (20) are presented. The system (20) incorporates a three-dimensional time-of-flight sensor (22), a three-dimensional autostereoscopic display (24), and a computer (26) coupled to the sensor (22) and the display (24). The sensor (22) detects a user object (40) within a three-dimensional sensor space (28). The display (24) displays an image (42) within a three-dimensional display space (32). The computer (26) maps a position of the user object (40) within an interactive volumetric field (36) mutually within the sensor space (28) and the display space (32), and determines when the positions of the user object (40) and the image (42) are substantially coincident. Upon detection of coincidence, the computer (26) executes a function programmed for the image (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: EDGE 3 TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: William Glomski, Tarek El Dokor, Joshua King, James Holmes, Maria Ngomba