INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION WITH AIR FINGER GESTURE
First Claim
1. An interface apparatus for an electronics system, comprising:
- a gesture sensor provided near a steering wheel of a vehicle to capture a user'"'"'s finger gesture;
a head-up display configured to display information on a vehicle windshield and to provide feedback in response to the user'"'"'s finger gesture captured by the gesture sensor; and
a gesture processor communicably coupled to the gesture sensor and configured to interpret the user'"'"'s finger gesture that is received from the gesture sensor to cause the head-up display to display the information based on the interpreted gesture.
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Abstract
An interface apparatus and method is disclosed for inputting information with a user'"'"'s finger gesture while the user is driving with his two hands on a steering wheel. In one aspect, the interface apparatus includes a gesture sensor, a gesture processor, and a head-up display (HUD), where the gesture sensor and the gesture processor recognizes and interpret the information input by the user'"'"'s finger gesture and such information is displayed on the HUD. In one embodiment, a plurality of point of interest (POI) icons are displayed on the HUD after the user inputs at least one letter into the system and the user can select the POI by his/her finger gesture. In another embodiment, the gesture sensor can recognize the user'"'"'s finger gesture in non-alphabet characters.
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20 Claims
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1. An interface apparatus for an electronics system, comprising:
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a gesture sensor provided near a steering wheel of a vehicle to capture a user'"'"'s finger gesture; a head-up display configured to display information on a vehicle windshield and to provide feedback in response to the user'"'"'s finger gesture captured by the gesture sensor; and a gesture processor communicably coupled to the gesture sensor and configured to interpret the user'"'"'s finger gesture that is received from the gesture sensor to cause the head-up display to display the information based on the interpreted gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An interface method of inputting information for an electronics system, comprising the following steps of:
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capturing a user'"'"'s finger gesture by a gesture sensor provided near a steering wheel of a vehicle; interpreting the user'"'"'s finger gesture captured by the gesture sensor by a finger gesture processor; and displaying, on a head-up display, information to provide feedback to the user in response to the user'"'"'s finger gesture. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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