GESTURE-BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20140282161A1
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Cash, Duane Matthew
• Application Number:
  US13/799,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282161A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• 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

Abstract

A gesture-based control system having a graphical display and a gesture sensor. One or more interactive elements are displayed on the graphical display. When the interactive element has been dragged a threshold distance, an application associated with the interactive element is controlled. Computer-implemented methods are also described herein.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying an interactive element on a graphical display, wherein the interactive element is associated with at least one application;

recognizing a remote selection gesture of the interactive element;

recognizing a remote drag gesture;

responsive to recognizing the remote drag gesture, displaying a dragging indicia on the graphical display, wherein the dragging indicia has a drag length that corresponds to the remote drag gesture; and

when the drag length exceeds a threshold distance, controlling the at least one application associated with the interactive element.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

responsive to recognizing the remote selection gesture, visually indicating on the graphical display a selection of the interactive element.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the dragging indicia is a graphical translation of the interactive element on the graphical display.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the dragging indicia is a graphical translation of a duplicate interactive element on the graphical display.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

displaying a threshold indicia on the graphical display, wherein a distance between the interactive element and the threshold indicia is the threshold distance.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the threshold indicia is caused to be displayed subsequent to recognizing the remote selection gesture.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, comprising:

subsequent to causing the at least one application associated with the interactive element to be controlled, removing the threshold indicia from the graphical display.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the threshold indicia is radially spaced from and at least partially surrounds the interactive element on the graphical display.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the threshold indicia is circular.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the dragging indicia has a radial drag direction that corresponds to the remote drag gesture.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, comprising:

performing an action by the at least one application associated with the interactive element, wherein the action performed is based on the radial drag direction.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, comprising:

performing a first action by the at least one application associated with the interactive element when the radial drag direction is a first radial drag direction; and

performing a second action by the at least one application associated with the interactive element when the radial drag direction is a second radial drag direction.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, comprising:

when the drag length exceeds a first threshold distance and the drag direction is in a first direction, controlling a first application associated with the interactive element; and

when the drag length exceeds a second threshold distance and the drag direction is in a second direction, controlling a second application associated with the interactive element, wherein the first application is different from the second application.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the first threshold distance is the same as the second threshold distance.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the application is a vehicle subsystem.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the vehicle subsystem is one of an entertainment system, a climate system, and a navigation system.

17. A gesture-based control system, comprising:

a graphical display;

a camera; and

a controller in communication with the graphical display and the camera, the controller configured to;

display an interactive element on the graphical display, wherein the interactive element is associated with at least one application;

recognize a remote selection gesture of the interactive element;

recognize a remote drag gesture;

responsive to recognizing the remote drag gesture, determine a drag length of the selected interactive element; and

when the drag length exceeds a threshold distance, control the at least one application.

18. The gesture-based control system of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to:

responsive to recognizing the remote drag gesture, display a dragging indicia on the graphical display, wherein the dragging indicia substantially corresponds to the remote drag gesture.

19. The gesture-based control system of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to:

display a threshold indicia on the graphical display, wherein a distance between the interactive element and the threshold indicia is the threshold distance.

20. The gesture-based control system of claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to:

display the threshold indicia subsequent to recognizing the remote selection gesture.

21. The gesture-based control system of claim 17, wherein the dragging indicia has a radial drag direction that substantially corresponds to the remote drag gesture.

22. The gesture-based control system of claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to facilitate:

performing an action by the at least one application associated with the interactive element, wherein the action performed is based on the radial drag direction.

23. The gesture-based control system of claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to facilitate:

performing a first action by the at least one application associated with the interactive element when the radial drag direction is a first radial drag direction; and

performing a second action by the at least one application associated with the interactive element when the radial drag direction is a second radial drag direction.

24. The gesture-based control system of claim 19, wherein the application is a vehicle subsystem.

25. The gesture-based control system of claim 24, wherein the vehicle subsystem is one of an entertainment system, a climate system, and a navigation system.

26. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying an interactive element on a graphical display of a vehicle, wherein the interactive element is associated with a vehicle subsystem;

recognizing a remote drag gesture associated with the interactive element;

responsive to recognizing the remote drag gesture, displaying a dragging indicia on the graphical display, wherein the dragging indicia has a drag length that corresponds to the remote drag gesture; and

when the drag length exceeds a threshold distance, controlling the vehicle subsystem.

27. A computer-implemented method of claim 26, comprising:

recognizing a remote selection gesture of the interactive element.

28. A computer-implemented method of claim 26, wherein the dragging indicia has a radial drag direction that substantially corresponds to the remote drag gesture.

29. A computer-implemented method of claim 26, comprising:

performing an action by the vehicle subsystem, wherein the action performed is based on the radial drag direction.