SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL GESTURE RECOGNITION IN VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A method for performing gesture recognition in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- receiving one or more raw frames from a time of flight (TOF) camera of a vehicle occupant;
performing clustering to determine one or more objects of interest of the vehicle occupant;
locating the body cluster of the vehicle occupant as one of the objects of interest;
locating the arm clusters of the vehicle occupant;
locating the head and shoulders of the vehicle occupant;
calculating the arm lengths of the vehicle occupant;
locating the palm cluster of the vehicle occupant; and
calculating the location of the tip of the hand of the vehicle occupant.
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Abstract
A method and system for performing gesture recognition of a vehicle occupant employing a time of flight (TOF) sensor and a computing system in a vehicle. An embodiment of the method of the invention includes the steps of receiving one or more raw frames from the TOF sensor, performing clustering to locate one or more body part clusters of the vehicle occupant, locating the palm cluster of the vehicle occupant, calculating the location of the tip of the hand of the vehicle occupant, determining whether the hand has performed a dynamic or a static gesture, retrieving a command corresponding to one of the determined static or dynamic gestures, and executing the command.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for performing gesture recognition in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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receiving one or more raw frames from a time of flight (TOF) camera of a vehicle occupant; performing clustering to determine one or more objects of interest of the vehicle occupant; locating the body cluster of the vehicle occupant as one of the objects of interest; locating the arm clusters of the vehicle occupant; locating the head and shoulders of the vehicle occupant; calculating the arm lengths of the vehicle occupant; locating the palm cluster of the vehicle occupant; and calculating the location of the tip of the hand of the vehicle occupant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20)
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10. A method for performing gesture recognition of a vehicle occupant employing a time of flight (TOF) sensor and a computing system in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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receiving one or more raw frames from the TOF sensor; performing clustering to locate one or more body part clusters of the vehicle occupant; locating the palm cluster of the vehicle occupant; calculating the location of the tip of the hand of the vehicle occupant; determining whether the hand has performed a dynamic or a static gesture; retrieving a command corresponding to one of the determined static and dynamic gesture; and executing the command.
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11. A system for performing gesture recognition in a vehicle, comprising:
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a time of flight (TOF) camera for providing one or more raw frames from of a vehicle occupant; and a processor for performing clustering to determine one or more objects of interest of the vehicle occupant, locating the body cluster of the vehicle occupant as one of the objects of interest, locating the arm clusters of the vehicle occupant, locating the head and shoulders of the vehicle occupant, calculating the arm lengths of the vehicle occupant, locating the palm cluster of the vehicle occupant, and calculating the location of the tip of the hand of the vehicle occupant. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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