DISPLAY CONTROL WITH GESTURE-SELECTABLE CONTROL PARADIGMS

• US 20140245200A1
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lmi Liquidating Co., LLC
• Original Assignee: Leap Motion Incorporated (Ultraleap Limited)
• Inventors: HOLZ, David
• Application Number:
  US14/190,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20140245200A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1093 using visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042

Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamically displaying content in accordance with a user'"'"'s manipulation of an object involve interpreting and/or displaying gestures in accordance with a control paradigm specific to the object. For example, a detected object may be compared with records in an object database, where each record in the database includes a reference object and specifies a gesture-based control paradigm specific to the reference object. The gesture-based control paradigm relates gestures performed with the reference object to contents displayable on a display, and as the user manipulates the object, the display contents change in a manner consistent with the control paradigm.

Claims

1. A method of interpreting gestures based at least in part upon an identity of one or more objects in space, the method including:

identifying an object in space;

determining a control paradigm responsive to the identified object, wherein the control paradigm associates expected gestures with the identified object; and

interpreting a gesture performed in the space based on the determined control paradigm.

2. The method of claim 1, further including altering on-screen responsiveness of displayed content to gestures performed with the identified object, based on the control paradigm.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a control paradigm further includes comparing the identified object with one or more reference objects in an object database, the database including at least one control paradigm specific to each reference object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the control paradigm includes a set of gesture interpretations used to interpret gestures performed with the identified object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the control paradigm includes one or more rendering functions that define how at least one gesture performed with the identified object is rendered.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the rendering function represents one or more mechanical properties characteristic of interacting with a physical manifestation of the identified object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the control paradigm launches an application based at least in part upon the identified object in the space.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the control paradigm defines a response of an application to one or more gestures performed with the identified object.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the control paradigm defines a response of one or more virtual objects in a virtual environment of the application, to one or more gestures performed with the identified object.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the control paradigm defines one or more rendered properties of an on-screen representation of the identified object responsive to one or more manipulations of the identified object.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the control paradigm specifies a scaling level that translates an actual gesture distance traversed in performance of a gesture to a response of displayed content.

12. The method of claim 11, further including altering the response of displayed content to the gesture performed with the identified object, based on the specified scaling level.

13. The method of claim 1, further including:

identifying a second object in space; and

selecting a first moving object from among the identified objects as the object used to determine a control paradigm.

14. The method of claim 1, further including:

identifying second object in space;

comparing the identified objects with one or more reference objects in an object database, the database including priority level for each control paradigm specific to each reference object; and

selecting a particular object with a highest priority level as the object used to determine a control paradigm.

15. A method of interpreting gestures based upon an object type determined based at least in part upon one or more fine characteristics, the method including:

identifying an object in space;

identifying a particular object type from among a plurality of object types for the identified object based at least in part upon one or more fine characteristics of the identified object;

determining a control paradigm responsive to the identified object type, wherein the control paradigm associates expected gestures with the identified object type; and

interpreting a gesture performed in space based on the determined control paradigm.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein identifying a particular object type further includes comparing the identified object with object types stored in an object type database, the database including a reference object and specifying a type specific to the reference object.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein identifying a particular object type further includes:

identifying a barcode on the identified object; and

comparing the identified barcode with barcodes corresponding to one or more types of reference objects stored in an object type database, the database including a reference object and specifying one or more fine characteristics of the reference object.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein identifying a particular object type further includes:

identifying a sequence of etched grooves on the identified object; and

comparing the identified sequence with etched grooves corresponding to one or more types of reference objects stored in an object type database, the database including a reference object and specifying one or more fine characteristics of the reference object.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein one or more fine characteristics of the identified object include size of the identified object.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein one or more fine characteristics of the identified object include shape of the identified object.