Patent ID: 11868569
Assignee: ARCHITECTRONICS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A system for interacting with a screen without touching it, the system comprising:
a computing device comprising at least:
one or more processors;
one or more memories; and
one or more computer-readable hardware storage devices;

a display screen comprising at least a partial video feed strip;
a source of radiating energy directed into a predefined area;
at least one directionally sensitive sensor that is configured to:
detect at least a portion of the radiating energy reflected off of an object disposed in the predefined area;
detect a range to the object disposed in the predefined area;
detect a motion of the object disposed in the predefined area;
transmit, to the one or more processors, information of a location from which the radiating energy is reflected; and
transmit visual feedback of the motion of the object to the partial video feed strip;

the one or more processors being configured to:
utilize the information of the location to calculate a position and motion of the object from which the radiating energy was reflected;
generate image information based on the calculated position and motion; and
transmit the image information to the display screen; and, the display screen being configured to display an image based on the image information received from the one or more processors;
the system further comprising: a frame;
the system further comprising: a clamp coupled to the frame for removably coupling the frame to a screen of the computing device, wherein the computing device comprises an open laptop, and wherein the at least one directionally sensitive sensor comprises a webcam;
the system further comprising: a first mirror attached to the frame near a first end of the frame and disposed in the frame at a position and an angle that, when the frame is coupled to a screen of the laptop, places the first mirror near a first corner of a top of the screen of the laptop at an angle that reflects an image of a plane in a front of a center of the screen of the laptop that covers at least a first portion of the screen of the laptop from a first vantage point;
the system further comprising: a second mirror attached to the frame near a second end of the frame and disposed in the frame at the position and the angle that, when the frame is coupled to the screen of the laptop, places the second mirror near a second corner at the top of the screen of the laptop at the angle that reflects the image of the plane in the front of the screen of the laptop that covers at least a second portion of the screen of the laptop from a second vantage point,
wherein the first vantage point differs from the second vantage point, and
wherein the at least the second portion of the screen of the laptop overlaps the at least the first portion of the screen of the laptop in a front of a center of the screen of the laptop;
the system further comprising: a third mirror attached to the frame at a location that positions the third mirror in the front of the webcam at an angle that deflects a view of the webcam downward.