Systems and methods for global adaptation of an implicit gesture control system

• US 10,466,657 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2014
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edge 3 Technologies, LLC, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: El Dokor, Tarek A., King, Joshua, Cluster, Jordan, Holmes, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Edwards, Jason T
• Application Number:
  US14/490,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20150286191A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,874 Days
• Field of Search: 701 1, 701 29, 701 33, 701 34, 701 35, 701 36, 701301, 700 47, 715863
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/0265 the criterion being a learning criterion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks

Abstract

A method and system for globally updating a plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems. Embodiments can comprise receiving, by a global server and from a plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems, a user data. The global server configured to analyze the user data and determine an applicable integration level, and the global server further able to communicate with the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems. Modifying a global parameter when the global server determines the applicable integration level is a global integration level; and transmitting the modified global parameter to the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems.

Claims

1. A method for globally updating a plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a global server and from a plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems, a user data,

the global server configured to analyze the user data and determine an applicable integration level, wherein the global server determines the applicable integration level to be a local integration level when the user data is related to a vehicular application,

the global server further able to communicate with the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems;

modifying a global parameter for globally updating the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems, when the global server determines the applicable integration level is a global integration level;

or

modifying the global parameter when the global server determines the applicable integration level is associated with individual users, wherein the modifying the global parameter is based on a type of environment in which the user data is received, wherein the type of environment includes one or more of a vehicular local environment or a centralized environment; and

transmitting the modified global parameter to the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data is an antecedent knowledge.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data is a precedential knowledge.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

modifying a local parameter when the global server determines the applicable integration level is the local integration level; and

transmitting the modified local parameter to the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems associated with the local parameter.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the local parameter is associated with a plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems for vehicles.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the global server is configured to analyze the user data using a Markovian process.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems include a plurality of sensing devices.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of sensing devices includes a visual sensor.

9. A method for updating a plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a user data, the user data received by a global server from the one of the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems when the one of the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems has a permission level to transmit the user data to the global server,

the global server configured to analyze the user data;

determining an applicable integration level, wherein the applicable integration level is determined to be a local integration level when the user data is related to a vehicular application;

modifying a global parameter for globally updating the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems, when the global server determines the applicable integration level is a global integration level;

or

modifying the global parameter when the global server determines the applicable integration level is associated with individual users, wherein the modifying the global parameter is based on a type of environment in which the user data is received, wherein the type of environment includes one or more of a vehicular local environment or a centralized environment; and

transmitting the modified parameter to the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems based on the determined applicable integration level.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the applicable integration level is the global integration level.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the applicable integration level is the local integration level.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the applicable integration level is an individual integration level.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the permission level can be set by a user of the one of the plurality of learning implicit gesture control systems.

14. A global implicit gesture learning system, the system comprising:

a global server, the global server being configured to communicate with a plurality of local implicit gesture learning systems, the plurality of local implicit gesture learning systems being in communication with a plurality of sensors; and

the global server including a processor, the processor being configured to perform the steps of;

receiving a user data;

analyzing the user data to determine an applicable integration level, wherein the global server determines the applicable integration level to be a local integration level when the user data is related to a vehicular application;

modifying a parameter when the global server determines the applicable integration level;

modifying a global parameter for globally updating the plurality of local implicit gesture learning systems, when the global server determines the applicable integration level is a global integration level;

or

modifying the global parameter when the global server determines the applicable integration level is associated with individual users, wherein the modifying the global parameter is based on whether a type of environment in which the user data is received is a vehicular local environment or a centralized environment; and

transmitting the modified parameter to the plurality of local learning implicit gesture control systems based on the determined applicable integration level.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of local implicit gesture learning systems communicate with the global server using a cellular connection.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of local implicit gesture learning systems communicate with the global server using a wireless internet connection.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the applicable integration level is one of the global integration level, the local integration level, and an individual integration level.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of sensors include visual sensors.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of sensors include audio sensors.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of local implicit gesture learning systems are located in vehicles.