ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,782, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Roku Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Machine-based classification of object motion as human or non-human as basis to facilitate controlling whether to trigger device action" was invented by Adil Jagmag (Hollis, N.H.), Sharada Palasamudram Ashok Kumar (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Philip Golyshko (Westminster, Colo.), Li-Cheng Tai (San Jose, Calif.) and Jaime Martinez (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for evaluation of object motion repetitiveness as a basis to distinguish between human motion and non-human motion, in order to facilitate control of device operation. An example m...