- Number
- 11683551
- Published
- 2023-06-20
- Filed
- 2021-06-02
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Smoot; Lanny S. et al.
- 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 Notable software
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Light-signature detection technique triggering downstream 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 configured to emit a first light; a light detector; a non-transitory memory storing a plurality of light signatures; and a hardware processor configured to execute an executable code to: illuminate, using the first light emitted by the light source, an image on a page, wherein the page further includes text thereon, wherein the text is associated with a light signature included among the plurality of light signatures; collect, using the light detector, a second light being a reflection of the first light by the image; determine a light signature of the second light, the light signature of the second light including a first color component, a second color component, and a third color component; match the light signature of the second light with the light signature associated with the text, wherein the matching comprises searching for a range of light signatures that are within a small percentage variance of the light signature of the second light to accommodate small variations in color; and play a pre-recorded audio pronouncing words of the text on the page, in response to matching the light signature of the second light with the one of the plurality of light signatures associated with the text. ||
11. A method for use with a system including a light source configured to emit a first light, a light detector, a non-transitory memory storing a plurality of light signatures, and a hardware processor executing an executable code to perform the method comprising: illuminating, using the first light emitted by the light source, an image on a page, wherein the page further includes text thereon, wherein the text is associated with a light signature included among the plurality of light signatures; collecting, using the light detector, a second light being a reflection of the first light by the image; determining a light signature of the second light, the light signature of the second light including a first color component, a second color component, and a third color component; matching the light signature of the second light with the light signature associated with the text, wherein the matching comprises searching for a range of light signatures that are within a small percentage variance of the light signature of the second light to accommodate small variations in color; and playing a pre-recorded audio pronouncing words of the text on the page, in response to matching the light signature of the second light with the one of the plurality of light signatures associated with the text.