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Mind Readers

TJ Strzelecki (Presenting) Matt Waldersen Rick Schuman Krishna Jharjaria. Mind Readers. Patent Liability Anaysis. Major Functions Considered: EOG circuitry allows user to navigate a virtual system via eye gestures EEG allows user a selection method to select items in a virtual system

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Mind Readers

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  1. TJ Strzelecki (Presenting) Matt Waldersen Rick Schuman Krishna Jharjaria Mind Readers

  2. Patent Liability Anaysis • Major Functions Considered: • EOG circuitry allows user to navigate a virtual system via eye gestures • EEG allows user a selection method to select items in a virtual system • Head Mounted display overlays applications onto a live video stream captured by an external camera • Applications displayed and movement allowed within a 3x3 matrix/grid • Search for patents with same or similar functionality to the Mind Reader

  3. Infringement Concerns • Devices that implement and perform the exact same functions as exactly as the Mind Reader • Devices that perform similar functions in a similar way as the Mind Reader • Broad Search: • Devices that use EOG signals for navigation • Devices that use EEG signals for selection • Devices that use augmented/virtual reality with an external camera and applications overlaid onto frame • Devices that use a grid or matrix format to provide navigation to subsections of the display

  4. Possible Infringement: US20060061544A1 • Filed March 9, 2005 by Samsung Electronics Co. • Apparatus and method for inputting keys using biological signals in a mobile Head Mounted Display • Virtual screen that includes a key map • EOG, EMG, EEG inputs • User can freely use the mobile Head Mounted Display communication terminal by movement of the user’s eyes and biting of their back teeth • Literal Infringement • EOG, EEG, HMD

  5. Literal Infringement US20060061544A1 • Claims: • Micro-display • Memory unit storing key-map information for the virtual screen display • Biological signal sensing unit • Recognition unit for the sensed biological signals • Control unit for connecting biological inputs to virtual keys • Literal, or at least Doctrine of Equivalents

  6. Possible Infringement: US20120146891A1 • Filed December 8, 2010 by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. • System for adapting a display screen output based on user’s attention. Gaze direction tracking used to determine a sub-region of a display screen area • Track gaze patterns of user using video image sensor • Map gaze patterns to physical locations of MxN grid on the display screen • Doctrine of Equivalents? • Gaze tracking, MxN grid

  7. Doctrine of EquivalentsUS20120146891A1 • Claims: • Tracking and mapping gaze patterns on MxN grid • Gaze tracker is used to track gaze pattern of user based on the collected image data frames • Adaptive display modifies the output by changing the resolution of the attended sub-region and unattended sub-regions • Movement based on eye gestures not patented, instead the method and results of movement consist of patent

  8. Possible Infringement: US20090289955A1 • Filed May 22, 2008 by Yahoo! Inc. • Method for capturing information that is pertinent to physical surrounding from at least one visual or audio information device and overlaying information for use • Automatically capture visual information • Automatically superimpose a transparent overlay, wherein the overlay provides images pertinent to and in correlation with the physical surroundings • Possible Doctrine of Equivalents • Overlaying applications on video feed

  9. Doctrine of Equivalents US20090289955A1 • Claims: • Automatically capture information that is pertinent to physical surroundings • Automatically obtain overlay information using at least a portion of the captured information • Automatically superimpose overlay information that is pertinent to and in correlation with the physical surroundings • Contact lawyer about the use of pertinent information in overlay

  10. Possible Actions • Remove functionality • Not feasible, the Mind Reader relies on the use of EOG, EEG, and HMD • Change the implementation technique • The device would move from Literal infringement to infringement under Doctrine of Equivalents • Obtain licenses or pay royalties to owners of patents • Viable option if the device were taken to market

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