Methods and apparatus for recognition of a plurality of gestures using roll pitch yaw data
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1. An apparatus capable of interacting with at least one controllable device based upon a pose of at least a portion of a human body, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more sensors that are sized for wearing on the human body, each of the one or more sensors emitting sensor data; and
a detection unit that operates upon the sensor data to determine the pose of at least the portion of the human body and is capable of interacting with the at least one controllable device, the detection unit including;
a memory that stores at least one or more characteristics of human anatomy that are associated with the human body using at least a partial skeletal rendering of a human; and
a detection processor, automatically operating under software control, that inputs, aggregates and fuses the sensor data from each of the one or more sensors using the at least one or more characteristics of human anatomy stored in the memory to determine the pose of at least the portion of the human body based upon a locality of said one or more sensors, and wherein the pose is determined using at least a comparison of which one of an absolute value of a change in roll, a change in pitch and a change in yaw is greatest when compared to each other during a period of time.
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Abstract
Described are apparatus and methods for reconstructing a plurality of gestures using roll pitch and yaw data, typically in combination with data for recognition of start and/or stop portions of the gesture using an auxiliary sensor, such as a capacitive touch sensor or a MEMS sensor.
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1. An apparatus capable of interacting with at least one controllable device based upon a pose of at least a portion of a human body, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more sensors that are sized for wearing on the human body, each of the one or more sensors emitting sensor data; and a detection unit that operates upon the sensor data to determine the pose of at least the portion of the human body and is capable of interacting with the at least one controllable device, the detection unit including; a memory that stores at least one or more characteristics of human anatomy that are associated with the human body using at least a partial skeletal rendering of a human; and a detection processor, automatically operating under software control, that inputs, aggregates and fuses the sensor data from each of the one or more sensors using the at least one or more characteristics of human anatomy stored in the memory to determine the pose of at least the portion of the human body based upon a locality of said one or more sensors, and wherein the pose is determined using at least a comparison of which one of an absolute value of a change in roll, a change in pitch and a change in yaw is greatest when compared to each other during a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for interacting with at least one controllable device based upon a pose of at least a portion of a human body, the method comprising:
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sensing, using one or more sensors that are sized for wearing on the human body, sensor data from each of the one or more sensors; and determining the pose of at least the portion of the human body based upon the sensor data, under processor and software control, the step of determining operating to; associate at least one or more characteristics of human anatomy with the human body using at least a partial skeletal rendering of a human; and automatically determine, under the processor and software control the pose of at least the portion of the human body based upon a locality of said one or more sensors, the step of automatically determining including inputting, aggregating and fusing the sensor data from each of the one or more sensors using the at least one or more characteristics of human anatomy to determine the pose, wherein the pose is determined using at least a comparison of which one of an absolute value of a change in roll, a change in pitch and a change in yaw is greatest when compared to each other during a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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