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INFERRING USER INTENT TO ENGAGE A MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM

  • US 20110279368A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2010
  • Published: 11/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A machine-implemented method comprising:

  • collecting data that describes a person'"'"'s body within a field of view of a motion capture system, the data is collected over time;

    generating a model for the person'"'"'s body for each of a plurality of time periods based on the data;

    generating a value for each of a plurality of parameters for each of the models, the value of each of the parameters defines an aspect of the person'"'"'s body that pertains to a level of intent to engage the system;

    aggregating a level of intent to engage the system based on the parameter values for each of the models;

    interpreting selected user actions captured by the motion capture system as input to the system if the aggregated level of intent exceeds a threshold; and

    interpreting the selected user actions captured by the motion capture system as noise if the aggregated level of intent does not exceed the threshold.

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