METHOD FOR GESTURE CONTROL, GESTURE SERVER DEVICE AND SENSOR INPUT DEVICE

• US 20140320274A1
• Filed: 11/26/2012
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: De Schepper, Koen, Van Tilburg, Rudi
• Application Number:
  US14/357,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20140320274A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/12.22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/305 by remotely controlling device operation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/147 Details of sensors, e.g. sensor lenses fingerprint or palmprint sensors G06V40/13; vascular sensors G06V40/145; eye sensors G06V40/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/00 Non-electrical signal transmission systems, e.g. optical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45

Abstract

Exemplary methods and apparatuses are provided for gesture control of at least one remotely controllable device that includes receiving information from at least one sensor input device at a gesture server device, detecting a gesture within the received information from the at least one sensor input device by the gesture server device, and remotely controlling the at least one remotely controllable device according to the detected gesture by the gesture server device. An exemplary apparatus includes a gesture server device adapted to perform the method of the invention. Another exemplary apparatus includes a sensor input device adapted to provide a detection of an object and/or a movement of the object as information.

Claims

1. A method for gesture control of at least one remotely controllable device, comprising the steps of:

receiving information from at least one sensor input device at a gesture server device;

detecting a gesture within the received information from the at least one sensor input device by the gesture server device; and

remotely controlling the at least one remotely controllable device according to the detected gesture by the gesture server device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the information from the at least one sensor input device at the gesture server device comprises receiving the information from at least one video input device, a touch screen device and/or a RFID-reader device at the gesture server device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the information from the at least one sensor input device at the gesture server device comprises receiving information regarding objects recognized by the sensor input device at the gesture server device.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of providing definition data regarding the objects to be recognized from the gesture server device to the sensor input device.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of registering the at least one remotely controllable device at the gesture server device, wherein the gesture server device receives the information for gesture control from the remotely controllable device.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of registering a self-identifying object at the gesture server device, wherein the gesture server device receives an object definition for recognizing the self-identifying object from the self-identifying object.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the self-identifying object comprises at least one sensor input device, and the step of registering the self-identifying object at the gesture server device comprises initiating transmission of the information from the at least one sensor input device of the self-identifying object to the gesture server device.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

defining a generic gesture in the gesture server device; and

defining a gesture in the gesture server device by combining a generic gesture to an object.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

training an object and/or the gesture to the gesture server device; and

assigning the trained object and/or the gesture to remote control of the remotely controllable device.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of detecting the gesture within the received information from the at least one sensor input device at the gesture server device comprises identifying a user, and

the step of performing remote control of the remotely controllable device according to the detected gesture by the gesture server device comprises authenticating remote control of the remotely controllable device according to the identified user.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of detecting the gesture within the received information by the gesture server device comprises:

processing received information of multiple sensor input devices as combined processing; and

detecting the gesture within the received information of the multiple sensor input devices.

12. A gesture server device comprising:

an input connector adapted to receive information from at least one sensor input device;

a processing unit adapted to detect a gesture within the received information from the at least one sensor input device; and

an output connector adapted to remotely control the at least one remotely controllable device according to the detected gesture.

13. The gesture server device according to claim 12, wherein the gesture server device comprises an identity and authorization server to authenticate the remote control of the at least one remotely controllable device.

14. The gesture server device according to claim 12, wherein the gesture server device is adapted to perform a training of objects and/or gestures, and wherein the processing unit is adapted to identify the received information from the at least one sensor input device as a trained object and/or the gesture.

15. A sensor input device adapted to provide information to a gesture server device, wherein the sensor input device is adapted to provide a detection of an object and/or a movement of the object as information.