US 8,878,949 C1 (13,162nd)
Camera based interaction and instruction
Timothy R. Pryor, Sylvania, OH (US)
Filed by Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, Sylvania, OH (US)
Assigned to GESTURETECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLC, Sylvania, OH (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/014,903, Nov. 11, 2021.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 8,878,949, issued Nov. 4, 2014, Appl. No. 13/961,452, Aug. 7, 2013.
Application 90/014,903 is a continuation of application No. 13/459,670, filed on Apr. 30, 2012, granted, now 8,654,198.
Application 13/459,670 is a continuation of application No. 12/891,480, filed on Sep. 27, 2010, granted, now 8,189,053.
Application 12/891,480 is a continuation of application No. 11/376,158, filed on Mar. 16, 2006, granted, now 7,804,530.
Application 11/376,158 is a continuation of application No. 09/568,552, filed on May 11, 2000, granted, now 7,015,950.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/133,671, filed on May 11, 1999.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jan. 29, 2026.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/69 (2023.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0386 (2013.01); H04N 5/222 (2013.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-7 is confirmed.
Claims 8-18 are cancelled.
1. A portable device comprising:
a device housing including a forward facing portion, the forward facing portion of the device housing encompassing an electro-optical sensor having a field of view and including a digital camera separate from the electro-optical sensor; and
a processing unit within the device housing and operatively coupled to an output of the electro-optical sensor, wherein the processing unit is adapted to:
determine a gesture has been performed in the electro-optical sensor field of view based on the electro-optical sensor output, and
control the digital camera in response to the gesture performed in the electro-optical sensor field of view, wherein the gesture corresponds to an image capture command, and wherein the image capture command caused the digital camera to store an image to memory.