Patents by Inventor Pierre SAELENS

Pierre SAELENS 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).

  • METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE FOR TRIGGERING AN ACTION, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE AND COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220236801
    Abstract: A method and a head-mounted device for triggering an action with relation to a selected object in a field of view of a user comprising detecting a pre-defined brain activity pattern of the user using a brain activity sensor of a head-mounted device worn by the user. The pre-defined brain activity pattern expresses a user command to select an object on which a gaze of the user is focused. The method comprises determining a direction of the gaze of the user at a time of the detection of the pre-defined brain activity pattern. The method comprises capturing an image of the field of view of the user at the time of the detection of the pre-defined brain activity pattern. The method comprises providing at least a part of the image to a computing entity, to cause the computing entity to trigger the action with relation to the selected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandru SERBANATI, Dimitri TORFS, Francis M. MEYVIS, Pierre SAELENS