METHODS FOR DIRECTING POINTING DETECTION CONVEYED BY USER WHEN INTERFACING WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A method for detecting direction conveyed by a user when interfacing with a computer program executed on a computing device, the computing device being interfaced with an image capture device, comprising:
- (a) detecting a human head of a person in the image taken with the image capture device and assigning the human head a head location;
(b) detecting an object held by the person in the image and assigning the object an object location; and
(c) determining a relative position in space between the head location and the object location from the capture location, the relative position used to identify a pointing direction of the object.
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Abstract
A method for detecting direction conveyed by a user when interfacing with a computer program executed on a computing device. The computing device being interfaced with an image capture device. The method includes detecting a human head of a person in the image taken with the image capture device and assigning the human head a head location. And, detecting an object held by the person in the image and assigning the object an object location. The method determines a relative position in space between the head location and the object location from the capture location, such that the relative position is used to identify a pointing direction of the object.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for detecting direction conveyed by a user when interfacing with a computer program executed on a computing device, the computing device being interfaced with an image capture device, comprising:
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(a) detecting a human head of a person in the image taken with the image capture device and assigning the human head a head location; (b) detecting an object held by the person in the image and assigning the object an object location; and (c) determining a relative position in space between the head location and the object location from the capture location, the relative position used to identify a pointing direction of the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for detecting direction conveyed by a user when interfacing with a computer program executed on a computing device, the computing device being interfaced with an image capture device, comprising:
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(a) detecting a human head of a person in the image taken with the image capture device and assigning the human head a head location; (b) detecting a body part of the person, other than the human, in the image and assigning the body part a body part location; and (c) determining a relative position in space between the head location and the body part location from the capture location, the relative position used to identify a pointing direction of the body part. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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