Context-awareness

US10997420B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Abhishek Abhishek · Sammamish, US
• Khawar M. Zuberi · Bellevue, US
• Jie Liu · Houston, US
• Rouzbeh Aminpour · Bellevue, US
• Zhengyou Zhang · Redmond, US
• Ali DALLOUL · Newcastle, US
• Dimitrios Lymberopoulos · Redmond, US
• Michel Goraczko · Seattle, US
• Tony Capone · Redmond, US
• Di Wang · Timonium, US
• Yi Lu · Redmond, US
• Yasser B. Asmi · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2020
• Grant date: May 4, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V40/20
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The discussion relates to context-aware environments. One example can include inwardly-facing cameras positioned around a periphery of an environment that defines a volume. The example can also include sensors positioned relative to the volume and configured to communicate with a user device in the volume. The example can also include an ambient perception component configured to track user locations in the volume and to detect user gestures relative to objects in the volume, and responsive to receiving a query from the user's device, to supplement the query with information derived from the objects.