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Flexible room controls

US9772720B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Alexander Shpunt · Nes Ziona, IL
Raviv Erlich · Rehovot, IL
Ronen Akerman · Holon, IL
Ran Halutz · Ramat HaSharon, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 14, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09G3/025
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Control apparatus includes an optical subsystem, which is configured to direct first light toward a scene that includes a hand of a user in proximity to a wall of a room and to receive the first light that is reflected from the scene, and to direct second light toward the wall so as to project an image of a control device onto the wall. A processor is configured to control the optical subsystem so as to generate, responsively to the received first light, a depth map of the scene, to process the depth map so as to detect a proximity of the hand to the wall in a location of the projected image, and to control electrical equipment in the room responsively to the proximity.

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