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Inventor

Daniel Kurz

Patents indexed

2

Year range

2023

Associated with

Years active

2023

Total patents

2

Most recent

2023

Domains

consumer_electronicssoftwaretelecommunicationsaugmented_realityai_mlhuman_computer_interaction

Activity by decade

2020s
1

Patents

2

Career timeline

1 patents, in 2023

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20232024

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US 11797132·2023·Apple

Detecting Touches Using Thermal Cameras for Computer Input

This patent describes how a thermal camera can detect when two objects, like a finger and a table, touch by sensing a specific temperature pattern, then uses that touch as a way to control a computer.

US 20210117042·Apple

How Devices Detect Touch Using Heat Signatures

This patent describes a system that uses a thermal camera to detect when two objects, like a finger and a screen, touch by looking for a specific temperature change at their contact point.

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