- Number
- 11055552
- Published
- 2021-07-06
- Filed
- 2016-01-12
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Smoot; Lanny S., Holton; Michael
- CPC
- G06F16/3331; G06F16/5838; G06F3/033; G06T7/0002; G06V10/145; G06V10/147; G06V10/235; G06V10/56; G06V10/60; G06V20/80; G06V30/142; H04N21/42204; H04N23/56
- Verdict
- Medium Hardware
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Light-signature detection triggering physical actions (Smoot).
Abstract
There is provided systems and methods for performing actions based on light signatures. An exemplary system includes a light source, a light detector, a non-transitory memory storing a plurality of light signatures and a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes an executable code to illuminate, using the light source, a target object with a first light, collect, using the light detector, a second light being a reflection of the first light by the target object, match the second light with one of the plurality of light signatures, and perform an action in response to matching the second light with the one of the plurality of light signatures.
Background
BACKGROUND (1) Object recognition typically requires a camera for capturing an image of an object to identify the object by comparing various features of the captured images with features of various objects stored in a database. Other conventional methods of object recognition required a scanner for reading a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) barcode affixed to an object. Recent advances in object recognition technology include three-dimensional (3D) object recognition, which enables object recognition based on a number of images taken of the object from a range of different angles. However, as the recent advances become more complex, the object recognition systems require more powerful processors, more complex algorithms, and, as a result, are more expensive. SUMMARY (2) The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for detecting light signatures and performing actions in response thereto, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
Claims
1. A system comprising: a light source; a light detector; a non-transitory memory storing a plurality of dynamic light signatures; and a hardware processor executing an executable code to: illuminate a first target swath of a printed medium with a first light, wherein the illuminating is performed in response to a user shining the first light from the light source on the first target swath of the printed medium, wherein the first target swath depicts a first object; collect, using the light detector, a reflection of the first light reflected by the first target swath; match the reflection of the first light with one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures stored in the non-transitory memory by identifying color values of the reflection of the first light relative to the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures; determine, based on and in response to matching the reflection of the first light with the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures indicative of the first target swath of the printed media, another one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures that is associated in the non-transitory memory with the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures indicative of the first target swath of the printed media, wherein the another one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures is indicative of a second target swath depicting a second object, and wherein the second object depicts a key for the first object; cause a playing back of at least one of an audio or a video associated with the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures, in response to matching the reflection of the first light with the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures, wherein the audio or the video asks the user to find, in the printed media, the key for the first object; and illuminate the second target swath of the printed media with a second light that results in obtaining a second reflection of the second light by the second target swath that matches the another one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures, wherein the illuminating of the second target swath is performed in response to the user shining the second light from the light source on the second target swath in response to the audio or the video asking the user to find, in the printed media, the key for the first object. ||
12. A method for use with a system including a light source, a light detector, a plurality of dynamic light signatures stored a non-transitory memory and a hardware processor, the method comprising: illuminating a first target swath of a printed medium with a first light, wherein the illuminating is performed in response to a user shining the first light from the light source on the first target swath of the printed medium, wherein the first target swath depicts a first object; collecting, using the light detector, a reflection of the first light reflected by the first target swath; matching, using the hardware processor, the reflection of the first light with one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures stored in the non-transitory memory by identifying color values of the reflection of the first light relative to the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures; determining, based on and in response to matching the reflection of the first light with the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures indicative of the first target swath of the printed media, another one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures that is associated in the non-transitory memory with the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures indicative of the first target swath of the printed media, wherein the another one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures is indicative of a second target swath depicting a second object, and wherein the second object depicts a key for the first object; causing, using the hardware processor, a playing back of at least one of an audio or a video associated with the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures, in response to matching the reflection of the first light with the one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures, wherein the audio or the video asks the user to find, in the printed media, the key for the first object; and illuminating the second target swath of the printed media with a second light that results in obtaining a second reflection of the second light by the second target swath that matches the another one of the plurality of dynamic light signatures, wherein the illuminating of the second target swath is performed in response to the user shining the second light from the light source on the second target swath in response to the audio or the video asking the user to find, in the printed media, the key for the first object.