Combining Explicit Select Gestures And Timeclick In A Non-Tactile Three Dimensional User Interface
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1. A method, comprising:
- presenting, by a computer, multiple interactive items on a display coupled to the computer;
receiving, from a depth sensor, a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps containing at least a hand of a user of the computer;
detecting, in the maps, an explicit select gesture performed by the user toward one of the interactive items;
selecting the one of the interactive items responsively to the explicit select gesture; and
actuating, subsequent to selecting the one of the interactive items, a TimeClick functionality for subsequent interactive item selections to be made by the user.
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Abstract
A method including presenting, by a computer, multiple interactive items on a display coupled to the computer, and receiving, from a depth sensor, a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps containing at least a hand of a user of the computer. An explicit select gesture performed by the user toward one of the interactive items is detected in the maps, and the one of the interactive items is selected responsively to the explicit select gesture. Subsequent to selecting the one of the interactive items, a TimeClick functionality is actuated for subsequent interactive item selections to be made by the user.
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27 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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presenting, by a computer, multiple interactive items on a display coupled to the computer; receiving, from a depth sensor, a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps containing at least a hand of a user of the computer; detecting, in the maps, an explicit select gesture performed by the user toward one of the interactive items; selecting the one of the interactive items responsively to the explicit select gesture; and actuating, subsequent to selecting the one of the interactive items, a TimeClick functionality for subsequent interactive item selections to be made by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus, comprising:
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a depth sensor; and a computer executing a non-tactile three dimensional (3D) user interface and configured to present, multiple interactive items on a display coupled to the computer, to receive, from the depth sensor, a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps containing at least a hand of a user of the computer, to detect, in the maps, an explicit select gesture performed by the user toward one of the interactive items, to select the one of the interactive items responsively to the explicit select gesture, and to actuate, subsequent to selecting the one of the interactive items, a TimeClick functionality for subsequent interactive item selections to be made by the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer software product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a computer executing a non-tactile user interface, cause the computer to present multiple interactive items on a display coupled to the computer, to receive, from a depth sensor, a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps containing at least a hand of a user of the computer, to detect, in the maps, an explicit select gesture performed by the user toward one of the interactive items, to select the one of the interactive items responsively to the explicit select gesture, and to actuate, subsequent to selecting the one of the interactive items, a TimeClick functionality for subsequent interactive item selections to be made by the user.
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