US 12,135,213 B1
Sensor positioning apparatus
Kevin P. Grundy, Emmett, ID (US); David Gallatin, Wenatchee, WA (US); Dion Damato, Incline Village, NV (US); Damon Campbell, Pacific Grove, CA (US); and Ryan Liu, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Opsis Health, Inc., Golden, CO (US)
Filed by Opsis Health, Inc., Golden, CO (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,889.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,727, filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,791, filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/70 (2023.01)
CPC G01C 21/16 (2013.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/70 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining change in relative positioning of a sensor device, removably attached to an appliance, with respect to an object disposed on the appliance, the method comprising:
actuating a first member of the appliance to effect the change in relative positioning of the sensor device with respect to the object;
obtaining, within a processing unit, first positioning information from one or more sensor elements within the sensor device indicative of change in spatial position of at least one of the sensor device or the object and corresponding to the change in relative positioning of the sensor device with respect to the object;
obtaining, within the processing unit, second positioning information from one or more constituent sensor components of the appliance indicative of change in spatial position of the first member of the appliance corresponding to the change in relative positioning of the sensor device with respect to the object; and
synthesizing third positioning information from the first positioning information and the second positioning information, the third positioning information indicating a spatial position of at least one of the sensor device or the first member of the appliance after moving the first member of the appliance to effect the change in relative positioning of the sensor device with respect to the object.