- Number
- 20210287030
- Published
- 2021-09-16
- Filed
- 2021-06-02
- 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, pre-grant).
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
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
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
21. A system comprising: a light source including an ultraviolet light source and a white light source; a light detector including a red light detector, a green light detector, and a blue 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 light source, a first target swath including ink and fluorescent ink, wherein the first target swath both emits and reflects light towards the light detector; collect, using the light detector, emitted and reflected light by the illuminated first target swath; match the emitted and reflected light with one of the plurality of light signatures stored in the non-transitory memory by identifying color values of the emitted and reflected light relative to the one of the plurality of light signatures; and play at least one of an audio or a video associated with the one of the plurality of light signatures, in response to matching the emitted and reflected light with the one of the plurality of light signatures. ||
28. A method for use with a system including a light source including an ultraviolet light source and a white light source, a light detector including a red light detector, a green light detector, and a blue 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 light source, a first target swath including ink and fluorescent ink, wherein the first target swath both emits and reflects light towards the light detector; collecting, using the light detector, emitted and reflected light by the illuminated first target swath; matching the emitted and reflected light with one of the plurality of light signatures stored in the non-transitory memory by identifying color values of the emitted and reflected light relative to the one of the plurality of light signatures; and playing at least one of an audio or a video associated with the one of the plurality of light signatures, in response to matching the emitted and reflected light with the one of the plurality of light signatures. ||
35. A computer-readable non-transitory medium having an executable code stored thereon, which when executed by a hardware processor, performs a method comprising: illuminating, using a light source including an ultraviolet light source and a white light source, a first target swath including ink and fluorescent ink, wherein the first target swath both emits and reflects light towards the light detector; collecting, using a light detector including a red light detector, a green light detector, and a blue light detector, emitted and reflected light by the illuminated first target swath; matching the emitted and reflected light with one of the plurality of light signatures stored in the non-transitory memory by identifying color values of the emitted and reflected light relative to the one of the plurality of light signatures; and playing at least one of an audio or a video associated with the one of the plurality of light signatures, in response to matching the emitted and reflected light with the one of the plurality of light signatures.