USER GESTURE CONTROL OF VEHICLE FEATURES

• US 20140309871A1
• Filed: 04/15/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AutoConnect Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Flextronics America LLC (Flextronics International Limited)
• Inventors: Ricci, Christopher P.
• Application Number:
  US14/253,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20140309871A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/52 for indicating emergencies
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• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 : involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 : for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 : for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 : for in-vehicle communication
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 : Moving wireless networks

Abstract

Methods and systems are presented for accepting inputs into a vehicle or other conveyance to control functions of the conveyance. A vehicle control system can receive gestures and other inputs. The vehicle control system can also obtain information about the user of the vehicle control system and information about the environment in which the conveyance is operating. Based on the input and the other information, the vehicle control system can modify or improve the performance or execution of user interface and functions of the conveyance. The changes make the user interfaces and/or functions user-friendly and intuitive.

Claims

1. A method for receiving a gesture in a conveyance, comprising:

a vehicle control system, including a processor, receiving a gesture from a user;

the vehicle control system identifying the received gesture;

the vehicle control system sending a verification of the received gesture to the user;

the vehicle control system determining if a confirmation is received in response to the verification; and

if the confirmation is received, the vehicle control system controlling a function associated with the gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the confirmation is not received, the vehicle control system determining if the gesture should be completed; and

if the gesture should be completed, the vehicle control system controlling the function associated with the gesture.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

if the gesture should not be completed, the vehicle control system determining if the verification should be resent;

if the verification should be resent, the vehicle control system again sending the verification; and

if the verification should not be resent, receiving another gesture.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the verification is an audible message presented to the user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the confirmation is a second gesture.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the confirmation is an audible confirmation.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the verification is a user interface message presented on a screen.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the confirmation is a selection of a user interface device on the screen.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the verification is a preview of the function associated with the gesture.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the vehicle control system receiving a denial of the verification; and

based on the denial, the vehicle control system not completing the function associated with the gesture.

11. A conveyance comprising:

a processor operable to execute one or more modules, the modules comprising;

a gesture recognition module operable to;

receive a gesture from a user;

identify the received gesture;

a verification module operable to;

send a verification of the received gesture to the user;

determine if a confirmation is received in response to the verification; and

a function control module operable to, if the confirmation is received, control a function associated with the gesture.

12. The conveyance of claim 11, wherein the verification module further operable to, if the confirmation is not received, determine if the gesture should be completed.

13. The conveyance of claim 12, wherein the verification module further operable to:

if the gesture should not be completed, determine if the verification should be resent;

if the verification should be resent, re-send the verification.

14. The conveyance of claim 11, wherein the verification is one of an audible message presented to the user, a user interface message presented on a screen, or a preview of the function associated with the gesture.

15. The conveyance of claim 11, wherein the confirmation is one of a second gesture, a selection of a user interface device on the screen, or an audible confirmation.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium stored on a storage medium and having instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method, the instructions comprising:

instructions to receive a gesture from a user;

instructions to identify the received gesture;

instructions to send a verification of the received gesture to the user;

instructions to determine if a confirmation is received in response to the verification; and

if the confirmation is received, instructions to control a function associated with the gesture.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising, if the confirmation is not received, instructions to determine if the gesture should be completed.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

if the gesture should not be completed, instructions to determine if the verification should be resent;

if the verification should be resent, instructions to re-send the verification.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the verification is one of an audible message presented to the user, a user interface message presented on a screen, or a preview of the function associated with the gesture.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the confirmation is one of a second gesture, a selection of a user interface device on the screen, or an audible confirmation.