US 12,277,474 B2
Toggling modes of operating a ring scanner based on orientation
John Broderick, Corona, CA (US)
Assigned to INFINITE PERIPHERALS, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by INFINITE PERIPHERALS, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/386,713.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/422,245, filed on Nov. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152711 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10891 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method comprising:
determining, by one or more computing devices of a ring scanner, an inclination angle of the ring scanner with respect to a ground;
wherein the ring scanner comprises a loop encircling a middle phalanx of a finger enabling the finger to be bent at a proximal interphalangeal joint, wherein the finger is bent towards a left or a right direction allowing the finger to grip the ring scanner;
wherein the inclination angle is determined based on an angle between the ground and a plane that the middle phalanx is pointing; and
based on the inclination angle, setting an operating mode for the ring scanner, wherein the operating mode comprises either a communication mode or a scanning mode.