METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT
First Claim
1. An electronic equipment comprising:
- movement detection circuitry configured to detect movement of an object near the movement detection circuitry, wherein the movement detection circuitry includes at least one sensor and generates at least one output signal corresponding to a position of the object detected;
a processor coupled to the movement detection circuitry, wherein the processor receives one or more signals from the movement detection circuitry and outputs a control signal based at least in part on the one or more signals detected by the movement detection circuitry.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer application for electronic equipment 10 having a contact-less user input device that is capable of detecting and/or sensing user movement (e.g., gestures) and controlling one or more parameters associated with the electronic equipment and/or being executed on the electronic equipment based at least in part on the detected and/or sensed user movement is disclosed. A predetermined movement may be detected by the movement detection circuitry (e.g., camera, infrared sensors, etc.) and a corresponding user controllable feature or parameter of the electronic equipment and/or application program may be controlled based upon the detected predetermined movement. The controllable feature may vary based upon the type of application being executed by the electronic equipment and velocity and/or acceleration of the object being detected.
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36 Claims
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1. An electronic equipment comprising:
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movement detection circuitry configured to detect movement of an object near the movement detection circuitry, wherein the movement detection circuitry includes at least one sensor and generates at least one output signal corresponding to a position of the object detected; a processor coupled to the movement detection circuitry, wherein the processor receives one or more signals from the movement detection circuitry and outputs a control signal based at least in part on the one or more signals detected by the movement detection circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for detecting movement near an electronic equipment, the method comprising:
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providing an electronic equipment including movement detection circuitry disposed within a housing, wherein the movement detection circuitry detects a movement of an object near the electronic equipment and outputs movement information; processing the movement information received from the movement detection circuitry to generate a control signal based at least in part on the one or more signals received from the movement detection circuitry to control one or more operations of the electronic equipment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer program stored on a machine readable medium in an electronic equipment, the program being suitable for processing information received from movement detection circuitry to determine movement of an object on near the electronic equipment wherein when the movement detection circuitry determines movement of an object near the electronic equipment, a control signal is generated based at least in part on the detected movement of the object.
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