Gestural Use of Wireless Mobile Phone Devices to Signal to Remote Systems
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1. A method of using a wireless mobile phone device to signal user intention to a remote system, the method including the acts:
- a user moving the wireless mobile phone device from a first position to a second position, such movement effecting a user-controlled gesture; and
sending information related to the movement from the wireless mobile phone device to the remote system;
wherein gesturing with the wireless mobile phone device offers an alternative to operating physical keys, in signaling user intention from said wireless mobile phone device to said remote system.
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Abstract
A user gestures with a wireless mobile phone device to control some aspect of its operation, or the operation of a remote system with which the device communicates. (The gestures may be sensed by tracking movement of a feature across a field of view of a mobile phone device camera.) The resultant operation may additionally depend on other data obtained by the wireless device, e.g., obtained from an electronic or physical object, or sensed from the environment. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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1. A method of using a wireless mobile phone device to signal user intention to a remote system, the method including the acts:
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a user moving the wireless mobile phone device from a first position to a second position, such movement effecting a user-controlled gesture; and
sending information related to the movement from the wireless mobile phone device to the remote system;
wherein gesturing with the wireless mobile phone device offers an alternative to operating physical keys, in signaling user intention from said wireless mobile phone device to said remote system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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establishing communication between a wireless mobile phone device and a remote computer device;
sending gesture-related data from the wireless mobile phone device to the remote computer device; and
receiving a response at the wireless mobile phone device, wherein the response depends—
at least in part—
on said sent gesture-related data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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running a process on a first computer device;
receiving first data corresponding to a user gesture made with a remotely-located wireless mobile phone device, and providing same as an input to the process running on the first computer device;
receiving second data from the remotely-located wireless mobile phone device, said second data comprising data obtained by said device from its environment, or from an object; and
taking an action based, at least in part, on said received first and second data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method of operating a wireless mobile phone device comprising the acts:
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a user moving the wireless mobile phone device in a series of movements, a first movement comprising one selected from;
(a) a motion to the right or left;
(b) a rotational movement;
(c) a tilting movement;
or(d) a forwards or backwards motion; and
the second movement also selected from the foregoing (a)-(d) but being different than the first movement;
sensing said movements by tracking movement of image data produced by a 2D optical sensor that forms part of said wireless mobile phone device; and
at a computer device, responding in accordance with said series of movements. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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