Sensing Mechanical Energy to Appropriate the Body for Data Input
First Claim
1. A system, comprising a sensor set coupled to part of a human body, the sensor set configured to detect mechanical energy transmitted through the body resulting from an action performed by the body and provide output data corresponding to the action, and a computing device that uses information corresponding to the output data as data input.
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Abstract
Described is using the human body as an input mechanism to a computing device. A sensor set is coupled to part of a human body. The sensor set detects mechanical (e.g., bio-acoustic) energy transmitted through the body as a result of an action/performed by the body, such as a user finger tap or flick. The sensor output data (e.g., signals) are processed to determine what action was taken. For example, the gesture may be a finger tap, and the output data may indicate which finger was tapped, what surface the finger was tapped on, or where on the body the finger was tapped.
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20 Claims
- 1. A system, comprising a sensor set coupled to part of a human body, the sensor set configured to detect mechanical energy transmitted through the body resulting from an action performed by the body and provide output data corresponding to the action, and a computing device that uses information corresponding to the output data as data input.
- 16. In a computing environment, a method performed on at least one processor, comprising, processing signals received from a mechanical energy sensor set coupled to a human user into features representative of an action taken by the user, using the features to classify the action into output data, and providing the output data for input into a computing device.
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19. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions, which when executed perform steps, comprising:
processing a set of signals received from a mechanical energy sensor set to determine whether the set of signals corresponds to a gesture, and if not, discarding the set of signals, or if so; extracting features from the set of signals; and providing the features to a classifier that determines which gesture was performed from among a set of possible gestures; and providing output data indicating of the gesture that was performed. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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