FINGER-POINTING, GESTURE BASED HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR VEHICLES
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1. An adaptive interface system comprising:
- a user interface for controlling a vehicle system;
a sensor for detecting a position of an extremity of a user and generating a sensor signal representing the position of the extremity; and
a processor in communication with the sensor and the control device, wherein the processor receives the sensor signal, analyzes the sensor signal based upon an instruction set to determine a pointing vector of the user, and configures the user interface based upon the pointing vector of the user.
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Abstract
An adaptive interface system includes a user interface for controlling a vehicle system, a sensor for detecting a position of an extremity of a user and generating a sensor signal representing the position of the extremity, and a processor in communication with the sensor and the user interface, wherein the processor receives the sensor signal, analyzes the sensor signal based upon an instruction set to determine a pointing vector of the user, and configures the user interface based upon the pointing vector of the user.
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1. An adaptive interface system comprising:
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a user interface for controlling a vehicle system; a sensor for detecting a position of an extremity of a user and generating a sensor signal representing the position of the extremity; and a processor in communication with the sensor and the control device, wherein the processor receives the sensor signal, analyzes the sensor signal based upon an instruction set to determine a pointing vector of the user, and configures the user interface based upon the pointing vector of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An adaptive interface system for a vehicle comprising:
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a user interface disposed in an interior of the vehicle, the user interface having a display for communicating an information to a user representing a condition of a vehicle system; a sensor for detecting a position of an extremity of a user and generating a sensor signal representing the position of a portion of the extremity of the user closest to the user interface; a storage device for storing a vector node representing an estimated position of a portion of a body of the user; and a processor in communication with the sensor, the storage device, and the user interface, wherein the processor receives the sensor signal, determines a pointing vector of the extremity of the user based upon at least the position of the portion of the extremity of the user closest to the user interface and the vector node, and configures the display based upon the pointing vector of the extremity of the user to emphasize a particular visual output presented on the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for configuring a display, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a user interface for controlling a vehicle system; providing a sensor to detect a position of at least a portion of an extremity of a body of a user; defining a vector node associated with an estimated position of a pre-determined portion of the body of the user; determining a pointing vector derived from the position of the extremity of the body of the user and the node; and configuring the user interface based upon the pointing vector to designate at least a portion of the user interface within a field of pointing of the pointing vector. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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