US Patent Application 17828634. Assistive Detection of Visual States for Monitoring Devices simplified abstract

Assistive Detection of Visual States for Monitoring Devices

Organization Name

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

James Roger Morley-smith of Buckinghamshire (GB)

Cameron James Smith of Whitchurch (GB)

Hannah Marie Legg of Belvedere (GB)

Assistive Detection of Visual States for Monitoring Devices - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17828634 titled 'Assistive Detection of Visual States for Monitoring Devices

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a method in a computing device that involves capturing an image of a monitoring device with a camera. The monitoring device has a sensor that can be in different visual states. The method includes detecting a machine-readable indicium on the monitoring device and determining a state detection parameter from it. Based on this parameter, a portion of the image containing the sensor is selected and the active state of the sensor is determined. The computing device then controls an output assembly to present a handling notification based on the determined active state.

• Method in a computing device for monitoring a device with a sensor
• Captures an image of the monitoring device using a camera
• The sensor can be in different visual states
• Detects a machine-readable indicium on the monitoring device
• Determines a state detection parameter from the indicium
• Selects a portion of the image containing the sensor based on the parameter
• Determines the active state of the sensor
• Controls an output assembly to present a handling notification based on the active state

Original Abstract Submitted

A method in a computing device includes: capturing, via a camera of a computing device, an image of a monitoring device including a sensor, the sensor presenting an active one of a set of predefined visual states; detecting, within the image, a machine-readable indicium disposed on the monitoring device; determining, from the machine-readable indicium, a state detection parameter; selecting, according to the state detection parameter, at least portion of the image containing the sensor and determining the active state presented by the sensor; controlling an output assembly of the computing device to present a handling notification based on the determined active state.