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Gesture activated home appliance

  • US 20050105759A1
  • Filed: 09/28/2001
  • Published: 05/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for operating a home appliance, the apparatus comprising:

  • an image receiver for receiving a continuous stream of gesture images of a gesture performed within a field of view of the image receiver;

    an image processor that receives a video signal corresponding to the continuous stream of gesture images and recognizes the gesture based on information contained in the video signal;

    an operations processor coupled to the image processor for identifying an operation of a particular home appliance associated with the gesture by comparing the recognized gesture with each of a predefined set of gestures, wherein each of the predefined gestures is associated with a respective distinct operation of a particular home appliance; and

    an appliance controller coupled to the operations processor for causing the home appliance operation to be performed.

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