Abstract: A user may create an avatar and/or animated sequence illustrating a particular object or living being performing a certain activity, using images of portions of the object or living being extracted from a still image or set of still images of the object or living being.

Abstract: A wireless charging mouse includes an upper housing, a lower housing, and a coil board. The lower housing is fixed to the upper housing and has an aperture for exposing a displacement sensing module. The coil board is integrally embedded in the lower housing by means of injection molding such that the coil board and the lower housing are formed as a one-piece structure.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating, selecting, modifying and/or otherwise configuring occluder(s) used in mixed-reality environments. Pose information of a trackable device worn or carried by a user is determined. Based on that pose information, an assumption regarding the user's own pose is determined. An occluder is then configured in a manner to correspond to the assumed pose of the user for use in the mixed-reality environment. By generating the occluder in this manner, improved battery life by the trackable device can be achieved relative to conventional systems that rely entirely on iterative scanning of the user's body to determine body position.

Abstract: A method for improving the startup time of a six-degrees of freedom tracking system is described. An augmented reality system receives a device initialization request and activates a first set of sensors in response to the device initialization request. The augmented reality system receives first tracking data from the first set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives an augmented reality experience request and in response to the augmented reality request, causes display of a set of augmented reality content items based on the first tracking data and simultaneously activates a second set of sensors. The augmented reality system receives second tracking data from the activated second set of sensors. The augmented reality system updates the display of the set of augmented reality content items based on the second tracking data.

Abstract: A device and method for detecting control-point activation conditions corresponding to a portion of a glove body coming in contact with or being within a threshold distance from at least one of another portion of the glove body or a control surface separate from the glove body. The glove may include a conductive path attached to the glove body and an expanded conductive area conductively coupled to the conductive path and attached to the glove body. The expanded conductive area may be wider than individual portions of the conductive path.

Abstract: Techniques for extending battery life in a mobile device are provided. An example of a mobile device according to the disclosure includes at least one external motion detect sensor, a mobile device management module operably coupled to the at least one external motion detect sensor, the mobile device management module comprising at least one processor configured to detect a motion interrupt, load a partial image state into the mobile device management module, detect a motion that meets or exceeds while in the mobile device management module is in the partial image state, load a full image state into the mobile device management module, and enable the mobile device management module in a full active state.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes using one or more cameras of a mobile computing device to capture one or more images of a first user wearing a VR display device in a real-world environment. The mobile computing device transmits a pose of the mobile computing device with respect to the VR display device to a VR system. The mobile computing device receives from the VR system a VR rendering of a VR environment. The VR rendering is from the perspective of the mobile computing device with respect to the VR display device. The method includes segmenting the first user from the one or more images and generating, in real-time responsive to capturing the one or more images, a MR rendering of the first user in the VR environment. The MR rendering of the first user is based on a compositing of the segmented one or more images of the first user and the VR rendering.

Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery.

Abstract: A modulator of a distance measuring sensor unit 102 has a photographing pattern that includes a plurality of patterns different from each other, and modulates intensity of light. A gesture detecting unit divides image data obtained by receiving light transmitted through the modulator by the image sensor; restores an image by calculation based on a developing pattern corresponding to the photographing pattern in a divided unit; and obtains an image for detecting gesture of a user. This makes it possible to obtain an image of an object in an outside world without using a lens for forming an image. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a load on a user when the user wears the apparatus.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include transmitting, by at least one radar device, to at least one transponder located within a physical environment surrounding a user, a frequency-modulated radar signal that has a first type of polarization, and receiving, by the at least one radar device, signals that have a second type of polarization, the second type of polarization being different than the first type of polarization, detecting, by a processing device communicatively coupled to the at least one radar device, a signal that has the second type of polarization and was returned to the at least one radar device from the at least one transponder in response to the frequency-modulated radar signal, and calculating, by the processing device, a distance between the at least one transponder and the at least one radar device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: An embodiment according to the present disclosure provides a display apparatus including a display, an audio output interface, a memory, a communication interface configured to connect to a terminal of a user, and a processor configured to output, via at least one of the display or the audio output interface, content stored in the memory or received through the communication interface, determine a position of the terminal to which the communication interface is connected, determine whether the position of the terminal is outside of a viewing area, and based on determining that the position of the terminal is outside of the viewing area, output the content to the terminal.

Abstract: A remote control system for transmitting a signal to an electronic component, the remote control system including a remote control that includes a transmitter that transmits the signal to the electronic component, and at least one button configured to, upon user contact with the button, instruct the transmitter to transmit the signal. The remote control system also includes a camera disposed on or within the remote control. The camera is configured to image an environment within a predetermined distance of the remote control.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to be rotatable; a plurality of cameras; and a processor configured to: based on the display being oriented in a vertical direction, control one camera of the plurality of cameras to perform photographing; and based on a user command being received while the one camera is performing photographing, rotate the display to be oriented in a horizontal direction and control the one camera to stop photographing.

Abstract: A method for controlling aspects of an artistic performance with a motion capture system includes modeling movements of a performer with a biomechanical skeleton, selecting parent and child segments on the biomechanical skeleton, positioning motion capture sensors on a motion capture subject at positions corresponding to the parent and child segments, selecting actions associated with movements of the child segment according to positions of the parent segment within at least two predefined spatial zones, executing actions in a first action group for the child segment when the parent segment is in a first spatial zone, and executing actions in a second action group for the child segment when the parent segment is in a second spatial zone.

Abstract: Described are improved systems and methods for navigation and manipulation of interactable objects in a 3D mixed reality environment. Improved systems and methods are provided to implement physical manipulation for creation and placement of interactable objects, such as browser windows and wall hangings. A method includes receiving data indicating a selection of an interactable object contained within a first prism at the start of a user interaction. The method also includes receiving data indicating an end of the user interaction with the interactable object. The method further includes receiving data indicating a physical movement of the user corresponding to removing the interactable object from the first prism between the start and the end of the user interaction. Moreover, the method includes creating a second prism to contain the data associated with the interactable object at the end of the user interaction with the interactable object.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device may include a display, a sensor module, a processor, and a memory operatively connected to the processor.

Abstract: A method of determining the orientation of a device having disposed therein, in part, an inertia measurement unit, a phased array receiver, and a controller, includes, in part, detecting the difference between phases of an RF signal received by at least a pair of receive elements of the phased array receiver, determining the angle of incidence of the RF signal from the phase difference, using the angle of incidence to determine the projection of a vector on a plane of an array of transmitters transmitting the RF signal, and determining the yaw of the device from the projection of the vector. The vector is a three-dimensional vector representative of the orientation of the plane of the phased array receivers relative to the plane of the array of transmitters transmitting the RF signal.

Abstract: A safety system for a machine having a danger zone includes an induction coil having one or more turns extending along the periphery of a part of a worker's body as, for example, extending alone the fingers of a glove worn by the worker. A drive circuit applies a time-varying current having an identifiable characteristic such as the frequency of an alternating current. A magnetic field having the characteristic of the time-varying current is induced in an omnidirectional magnetic field sensor mounted adjacent the danger zone. The magnitude of this field is monitored. When the magnitude exceeds a threshold, a warning signal is issued and protective action may be taken, such as stopping or reversing the machine.

Abstract: A spatial position indication system includes an electronic pen, an indicated position detecting circuit, a spatial position detecting circuit, and a selecting circuit. The indicated position detecting circuit detects a position of the electronic pen at an input surface or a hover region over the input surface. The spatial position detecting circuit detects the position of the electronic pen in a spatial region including at least a part of the hover region separately from and independently of the indicated position detecting device circuit. Based on output from the indicated position detecting circuit and the spatial position detecting circuit, the selecting circuit performs selection control so as to use output from the indicated position detecting circuit or the spatial position detecting circuit according to a separation distance of the electronic pen from the input surface when a drawing image to be displayed on a display device is generated.

Abstract: A computer mouse includes a housing. The housing includes a non-metallic base and a shell attached to the non-metallic base. The shell is formed of an electrically conductive material. The computer mouse includes a user input device in the housing. The user input device is manually operable by a user to generate a control signal. The computer mouse includes an antenna within the housing. The antenna is configured to receive the control signal from the user input device. The antenna is configured to emit a wireless signal, based on the control signal, to control operations of a computing device.

Abstract: There is provided a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for classifying glints using an eye tracking system of a head-mounted device, by obtaining the position of any glint present in a current image of the first eye; obtaining a dataset indicative of the respective position of at least one glint detected in one or more previously captured images of the first eye; and, for each glint present in current image, determining if the position of the glint corresponds to the position of a glint in the dataset and, if the positions correspond, classify the glint as a static glint. The static glints may be excluded from further processing in the eye tracking system. If there has been a movement of an eye of the user of the head-mounted device, embodiments may further comprise updating the dataset based on the current image.

Abstract: A head-up display (HUD) device for a vehicle includes a sensor for detecting a front object of the vehicle, a controller for selecting any one region of a display region preset based on a driver's gaze as a target region for displaying HUD information depending on an overlapping position and a degree of overlap between the display region and the front object, and determining a virtual image forming position of the HUD information and a graphics mode for displaying a virtual image depending on a relative position of the target region in the display region, an HUD generator for generating the HUD information according to the determined graphics mode, and an HUD adjuster adjusting an image forming distance of the HUD information according to the virtual image forming position.

Abstract: A wireless power transfer system is provided for a peripheral device, including a wireless receiver system in the peripheral device, the wireless receiver system having a receiver antenna configured to receive the wireless power signals and wireless data signals via inductive coupling with the transmission antenna. The receiver antenna includes a first central opening and a shield adjacent the receiver antenna, the shield having therein a second central opening, with a sensor located within both the first and second central openings, the sensor being configured to sense a position of the peripheral device.

Abstract: In the method, a processor generates a three dimensional interface with at least one virtual object, defines a stimulus of the interface, and defines a response to the stimulus. The stimulus is an approach to the virtual object with a finger or other end-effector to within a threshold of the virtual object. When the stimulus is sensed, the response is executed. Stimuli may include touch, click, double click, peg, scale, and swipe gestures. The apparatus includes a processor that generates a three dimensional interface with at least one virtual object, and defines a stimulus for the virtual object and a response to the stimulus. A display outputs the interface and object. A camera or other sensor detects the stimulus, e.g. a gesture with a finger or other end-effector, whereupon the processor executes the response. The apparatus may be part of a head mounted display.

Abstract: An information processing device comprising a projection control unit that controls projection of drawing information, the projection being performed by a projection device, on a basis of ratio information between a first distance and a second distance, the first distance being acquired from sensing information regarding a drawing tool and being from a reference point to the drawing tool, and the second distance being from the reference point to an intersection point between a straight line connecting the reference point with the drawing tool and a calibration plane.

Abstract: A dual-mode augmented/virtual reality near-eye wearable display for use with a curved lens element. The lenses are provided with one or more transparent waveguide elements that are disposed within the thickness of the lenses. The waveguide elements are configured to couple display images directly from image sources such as emissive display imagers to an exit aperture or plurality of exit aperture sub-regions within a viewer's field of view. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of image sources are disposed on the peripheral surface of the lenses whereby each image source has a dedicated input image aperture and exit aperture sub-region that are each “piecewise flat” and have matched areas and angles of divergence whereby a viewer is presented with the output of the plurality of image source images within the viewer's field of view.

Abstract: A position specifying system can accurately detect, while reducing a power consumption amount of a carried terminal, a position within a watching area where the target person acts every day and can efficiently detect the position even in an emergency where the target person moves out of the watching area. The terminal transmits, at a first time interval, identification information via short-range wireless communication; acquires, at a second time interval, position information with a GPS function; and transmits the identification information and the position information to a server via long-range wireless communication. A terminal for detection transmits the identification information transmitted from the communicable target person terminal.

Abstract: In a handwriting recognition system, a fingertip-motion sensing device has first and second body parts respectively wearable on a distal phalanx and a proximal phalanx of a finger, and a bendable bridge connecting the two body parts. An accelerometer module in the first body part generates acceleration data of the fingertip motion whereas a battery module powering the accelerometer module is in the second body part, avoiding the first body part to be loaded with the battery module so as to reduce hindrance to a user in handwriting. The bridge is wavily shaped, enabling it to be extensible and retractable to avoid spurious interference generation due to unintended movement between the first body part and the distal phalanx. The sensing device wirelessly transmits the acceleration data to a computing device, which analyzes the acceleration data to determine handwritten characters by using a machine-learning classifier, preferably a convolutional neural network.

Abstract: A set of glasses frames includes electronic components for video capture and is configured to continuously capture video in a twenty-second loop. On the frames is a capture button that, when pressed, causes the electronic circuitry to store the prior twenty seconds and the following twenty seconds, for a total of forty seconds of video in non-transitory memory. The electronic circuitry in the frames also includes a Bluetooth radio and a Wi-Fi radio, enabling the frames to communicate with a mobile device, and more particularly to provide the saved twenty-second video clips to an app running on the mobile device. The app allows for storage of the video clips on the phone, editing of the video clips, upload of the video clips to the Internet, and configuring user-adjustable settings on the electronic circuitry of the glasses.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for recognizing a gesture, an electronic device and a storage medium. In one or more embodiments, the method includes: detecting at least one hand region from a video image and obtaining hand image information of each of the at least one hand region; obtaining hand motion information of each of the at least one hand region by tracking the at least one hand region; determining a gesture corresponding to each of the at least one hand region according to the hand image information and/or the hand motion information of each of the at least one hand region; wherein the gesture comprises at least one of a single-hand static gesture, a single-hand dynamic gesture, a double-hand static gesture or a double-hand dynamic gesture.

Abstract: This disclosure illustrates a wearable detection device, configured to detect vibrations due to the impact of fingers against an object and/or to the sliding of fingertips on a rough surface thereof.

Abstract: A method performed by a device (e.g., touch controller) includes deriving a pen position, and transmitting a report indicating the derived pen position to a host computer. The report includes a first area storing position data indicating the derived position and a second area storing non-position data different from the position data. The method includes securing a buffer area for retaining a plurality of the reports in a memory, deriving the pen position at each determined scanning time, and generating a report including the position data indicating the derived position. The method includes storing the report in the buffer area and, in response to obtaining the non-position data, writing the non-position data in the second area of each of one or more of the reports stored in the buffer area. The method includes transmitting the plurality of the reports stored in the buffer area to the host computer.

Abstract: A computing device comprises a memory and a control unit coupled to the memory. The control unit is configured to receive a patient model and identify a plurality of port locations on the patient model for accessing a workspace using a plurality of instruments controlled by a computer-assisted device. For each of the port locations, the control unit determines a collision volume for portions of the computer-assisted device proximal to the port location, a reachability metric, and an anthropomorphic metric. For each combination of the plurality of port locations, the control unit determines a collision metric based on overlaps of the collision volumes for the port locations in the combination, and an aggregate metric for the combination. The control unit is also configured to display one or more of the combinations of the plurality of port locations to a user along with a corresponding aggregate metric.

Abstract: An example computing device includes a photodetector to measure an amount of light incident on a detection surface of the photodetector. The example computing device includes a state sensor to activate the photodetector responsive to the computing device being in a detection state. The example computing device also includes a processor. An example processor identifies, during the detection state, a user gesture based on an output of the photodetector. The user gesture blocks light incident on the detection surface of the photodetector. The example processor also alters an operation of the computing device based on the user gesture.

Abstract: There is provided a pointing device including a mode switching apparatus that switches the pointing device between a two-dimensional (2D) operational mode and a three-dimensional (3D) operational mode and a sensor configured to determine a pointing direction of the pointing device and locations of a plurality of computing devices. When in the 2D operational mode, the pointing device is paired with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices and controls the first computing device and when in the 3D operational mode, the pointing device is configured to select a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices additionally to control, the selection based on one or more of the pointing direction of the pointing device and the location of the second computing device.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium, for detecting whether an eye blink or non-blink is captured in the image. The method includes filtering, from the image, one or more objects that are predicted to be unsuitable for determining whether an eye blink or no-blink is captured in the image, to provide a filtered image. The method also includes correlating the filtered image with a reference image, and determining, based on the correlating, whether the eye blink or non-blink is captured in the image. The eye blink is a full eye blink or a partial eye blink, and the images may be sequentially captured IR SLO images, in one example embodiment herein. Images determined to include an eye blink can be omitted from inclusion in a final (e.g., OCT) image.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus that enables a line-of-sight detection function at an appropriate timing, thereby achieving power saving, for example. The line-of-sight detection function can be enabled with less power consumption. The electronic apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect a line-of-sight position based on a line-of-sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a state where a first content is displayed on a display unit, the line-of-sight detection unit detects the line-of-sight position of the user in response to a second content being displayed on the display unit, wherein the second content is to be displayed together with the first content.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally identifies a person's face, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the identification. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines a gaze location in a user interface, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally designates a user as being present at a sound-playback device in accordance with a determination that sound-detection criteria and verification criteria have been satisfied. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines whether a person is further or closer than a threshold distance from a display device, and optionally provides a first or second user interface for display on the display device in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally modifies the playing of media content in accordance with a determination that one or more presence criteria are not satisfied.

Abstract: A method and system for generating training data for training a gesture detection machine-learning (ML) model includes receiving a request to generate training data for the gesture detection model, the training data being associated with a target gesture, retrieving data associated with an original gesture, the original gesture being a gesture made using a body part, retrieving skeleton data associated with the target gesture, the skeleton data displaying a skeleton representative of the body part and the skeleton displaying the target gesture, aligning a location of the body part in the data with a location of the skeleton in the skeleton data, providing the aligned data and the skeleton data to an ML model for generating a target data that displays the target gesture, receiving the target data as an output from the ML model, the target data preserving a visual feature of the data and displaying the target gesture, and providing the target data to the gesture detection ML model.

Abstract: A light field display device includes: a display module; an optical coupler emitting a third image obtained by combining a first image and a second image, and including a first surface, a second surface and an emission surface emitting the third image, wherein the first image is emitted from the display module and is incident on the first surface, wherein the second image is incident on the second surface; and a controller configured to generate image data based on 3D modeling data and provide the image data to the display module. The optical coupler includes: an optical waveguide including the first, second and emission surfaces, and a third surface; a beam splitter in the optical waveguide; and a concave mirror adjacent to the third surface of the optical waveguide, and wherein the controller moves the concave mirror in correspondence with depth information included in the 3D modeling data.

Abstract: A method (200) for compatibility analysis and performance verification. Profile data is received (210) for a first profile from a first device and for other profiles from other devices, including a profile received from a second device. A request is received (215) from the first device to identify a profile with profile data compatible with the profile data of the first profile. The profile data of the first profile is compared (220) with profile data of the other profiles to identify compatibility, and the compatible profiles are reported to the first device. A selection of a compatible profile is received (225) from the first device. A request for an item is received (315) from the first device. An instruction is sent regarding the item (320) to the third device. A confirmation regarding the instruction is received (330) from the fourth device. The item is enabled (335).

Abstract: An embodiment inertial measurement system includes: at least one motion sensor to output motion data with an output data rate (ODR) period; and a control unit coupled to the motion sensor to control operation thereof based on a power mode switching, according to which each ODR period includes: a first phase, in which the motion sensor is controlled in a condition of low power consumption; and a subsequent measurement phase, in which the motion sensor is controlled to perform measurements for generation of measurement data. The control unit adaptively adjusts the duration of the ODR period based on at least one check related to the measurement data generated during the measurement phase.

Abstract: A computing device includes a touch-sensitive area that is arranged and configured to receive one or more gestures, and a memory that is arranged and configured to store one or more device gestures, where the stored device gestures correspond to a selection of one or more remote devices and a processor that is operably coupled to the touch sensitive area and the memory. The processor is arranged and configured to compare the gestures received in the touch sensitive area to the stored device gestures, determine a selected remote device based on the comparison, and initiate contact with the selected remote device.

Abstract: The invention provides an ambient light sensing device which receives at least one visible light image sensed by an image sensor. The ambient light sensing device includes an image sampling unit and an analyzing unit. The image sampling unit divides the visible light image into plural image blocks, extracts at least one sample data in each image block, and generates a comparison data according to a difference between the sample data extracted at different time points. The analyzing unit analyzes the comparison data and generates an output analysis signal accordingly.

Abstract: A method that includes receiving, from one or more motion sensors in a device, data describing a signature arc in three-dimensional space, the signature arc having been generated by gesturing using the device; identifying, from the data describing the gestured signature arc, a plurality of points that correspond to the gestured signature arc in three-dimensional space; generating a curve along the identified plurality of points corresponding to the gestured signature arc; generating a two-dimensional representation of the gestured signature arc; and displaying, on a display screen, the generated two-dimensional representation of the gestured signature arc.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an augmented reality (AR) information transmission system and an AR information transmission method. The AR information transmission system includes a wireless information transmission device. The wireless information transmission device includes a directivity transmitter and a processor. The processor is configured to: obtain AR information and convert the AR information into a wireless signal; and control the directivity transmitter to send the wireless signal toward a designated direction.

Abstract: A method and device for monitoring luminous intensity of display pixel is provided. The device includes self-luminous LED display, optical glue, photo-detecting array film and processing chip. The optical glue is attached to lower surface of the self-luminous LED display. The photo-detecting array film is disposed under the optical glue. The self-luminous LED display includes display pixels. Each display pixel includes a luminescent layer. The refractive index of the optical glue is smaller than that of the cover glass. The device uses the optical glue to filter the reflected light in the effective area corresponding to each display pixel. After that, the processing chip calculates the luminous intensity of the display pixel according to the first reflected optical signal detected by the photo-detecting array film. When it is determined that the luminous intensity of the display pixel is not changed in the preset period, a feedback signal is transmitted.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) is an information processing apparatus that displays item images (GI-1 to GI-6) that are arranged apart from each other and a cursor (CUR) on a display (20), the information processing apparatus includes a receiver (111) configured to receive operation information corresponding to details of a cursor operation in which a user (U) moves the cursor (CUR); a controller (112) configured to cause the display (20) to display the cursor (CUR), based on the operation information; and a determiner (113) configured to, when the operation information includes an instruction to move the cursor (CUR) from an inside of one item image from among the item images (GI-1 to GI-6) to an outside of the one item image, determine whether there is another item image within a predetermined distance from the one item image, the another item image being in a direction of movement of the cursor (CUR).

Abstract: Provided are an HMD device and operating method thereof. The operating method of an HMD device includes displaying at least one object in a display area of a transparent display, obtaining an image of a hand of a user interacting with the displayed object; determining a direction in which the hand is facing based on the obtained image, and performing a function for the object corresponding the direction in which the hand is facing.

Abstract: A method for interacting with a graphical user interface (GUI) of a television operating in a step mode in which movement of a cursor among menu items displayed on the GUI is performed stepwise in accordance with a manipulation of a direction key of the remote controller, the method including receiving, by the television, from a remote controller a signal corresponding to spatial movement of the remote controller detected by the remote controller that instructs the television to switch from (i) the step mode to (ii) a position mode of the GUI in which the movement of the cursor among the menu items is performed in accordance with the spatial movement of the remote controller and switching from the step mode of the GUI to the position mode of the GUI based on the signal.