Methods for enabling real-time digital object and tangible object interactions

摘要

A method for authorizing an electronic device includes: detecting, with a capacitive touch sensor, a first set of interaction data from an interaction between the electronic device and a capacitively interactive hardware tool; computing a first set of parametric descriptors from the first set of interaction data; transmitting the first set of parametric descriptors to a remote database system; generating, on the remote database system, a first set of identity data from a comparison of the first set of parametric descriptors with a known set of parametric descriptors; and authorizing, in response to the first set of identity data, the electronic device to perform the action.

主权项

1. A method for authorizing an electronic device having a capacitive touch sensor to perform an action, the method comprising:
detecting, with the capacitive touch sensor, a first set of interaction data from an interaction between the capacitive touch sensor and a capacitively interactive hardware tool, the capacitively interactive hardware tool comprising a substrate, a set of capacitive contact areas arranged in a spatial pattern on the substrate, and a current coupler electrically coupled to the set of capacitive contact areas wherein proximity of the set of capacitive contact areas of the capacitively interactive hardware tool to the capacitive touch sensor results in a detected change of capacitance at the capacitive touch sensor when the current coupler is electrically coupled to a current sink or current source; computing, on the electronic device, a first set of parametric descriptors from the first set of interaction data; transmitting the first set of parametric descriptors to a remote database system; transmitting supplementary data to the remote database system, wherein the supplementary data comprises a physical location of the electronic device and a time stamp; generating, on the remote database system, a first set of identity data from a comparison of the first set of parametric descriptors with a known set of parametric descriptors, the known set of parametric descriptors contained in the remote database system; and authorizing, in response to the first set of identity data, the electronic device to perform an action.