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VIDEO-BASED IMAGE CONTROL SYSTEM

  • US 20080030460A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2007
  • Published: 02/07/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of using computer vision to interface with a computer, the method comprising:

  • receiving an image of a scene;

    filtering the image into features;

    generating a scene description indicating a three-dimensional position for each feature in the scene;

    clustering adjacent features;

    cropping clustered features based upon predefined thresholds;

    defining an object detection region;

    analyzing the three-dimensional position of each clustered feature within the object detection region to determine position information of a control object; and

    mapping the position information of the control object to a position indicator associated with a computer application, thereby using the position information to control the computer application.

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