SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING GESTURES INTO DIGITAL GRAFFITI

• US 20150022549A1
• Filed: 10/02/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Khosravy, Moe, Novik, Lev, Woodcock, Katrika Marie
• Granted Patent: US 9,661,468 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

The subject disclosure provides a device, computer readable storage medium, and method for converting gestures undergone by a device into digital graffiti. The disclosure includes ascertaining an orientation of the device and a path traversed by the device. Gestures undergone by the device are identified as a function of the orientation and the path. Digital graffiti corresponding to the gestures are then superimposed onto a digital canvas.

Claims

1. A portable device, comprising:

a motion component configured to output motion information as a function of at least one movement of the portable device, the motion information identifying a gesture undergone by the portable device;

a directional component configured to output direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable device, the direction information identifying a pointing direction of the portable device; and

at least one processor configured to superimpose digital graffiti generated via the gesture onto a digital canvass, the digital canvass selected from a plurality of retrievable digital canvasses respectively corresponding to a plurality of aggregated points of interest within a predetermined radius from a particular point of interest and included in the pointing direction of the portable device.

2. The portable device of claim 1, the at least one processor further configured to process at least the orientation of the portable device to ascertain the digital canvas.

3. The portable device of claim 1 further comprising a position component configured to output a location of the portable device, the at least one processor further configured to process at least the location to ascertain the digital canvas.

4. The portable device of claim 1, the motion component further configured to ascertain a velocity of the portable device during at least a portion of a path traversed by the portable device, the at least one processor further configured to identify the gesture based on the velocity.

5. The portable device of claim 1 further comprising a scanning component configured to output sensory information pertaining to a signal received from at least one entity proximate to the portable device, the at least one processor further configured to process at least the sensory information to ascertain the digital canvas.

6. The portable device of claim 1 further comprising an ink component that outputs a two-dimensional mapping of the gesture, the at least one processor further configured to process the two-dimensional mapping, the digital graffiti derived from at least a portion of the two-dimensional mapping.

7. The portable device of claim 6 further comprising a beautification component configured to output a beautification of at least a portion of the two-dimensional mapping, the at least one processor further configured to process the beautification, the digital graffiti including at least a portion of the beautification.

8. The portable device of claim 1 further comprising an object component configured to output a digital image corresponding to the gesture, the at least one processor further configured to process the digital image, the digital graffiti including at least a portion of the digital image.

9. The portable device of claim 8 further comprising a library component configured to store at least the digital image, the at least one processor further configured to retrieve the digital image from the library component.

10. The portable device of claim 8 further comprising a network component configured to facilitate interfacing the portable device with a network, the at least one processor further configured to retrieve the digital image from the network.

11. A computer readable storage device, comprising:

a memory component configured to store computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions including instructions for performing the following acts;

identifying a gesture undergone by a portable device;

selecting a digital canvass from a plurality of retrievable digital canvasses, the plurality of retrievable digital canvasses respectively corresponding to a plurality of aggregated points of interest within a predetermined radius from a particular point of interest and included in a pointing direction of the portable device; and

superimposing digital graffiti onto the digital canvass, the digital graffiti generated via the gesture.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, the computer readable instructions further comprising instructions for processing a photo of an area proximate to the portable device, the digital canvas including at least a portion of the photo.

13. The computer readable storage device of claim 11, the computer readable instructions further comprising instructions for determining a location of the portable device, the digital canvas ascertained as a function of the location.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, the computer readable instructions further comprising instructions for analyzing a signal received from at least one entity proximate to the portable device, the digital canvas ascertained as a function of the signal.

15. The computer readable storage device of claim 11, the computer readable instructions further comprising instructions for attaching metadata to the digital graffiti.

16. The computer readable storage device of claim 11, the computer readable instructions further comprising instructions for limiting a scope depth encompassed by a given pointing interaction, the at least one endpoint within the scope depth.

17. The computer readable storage device of claim 11, the computer readable instructions further comprising instructions for ascertaining a digital image corresponding to the gesture, the digital graffiti including at least a portion of the digital image.

18. The computer readable storage device of claim 17, the computer readable instructions further comprising instructions for retrieving the digital image from at least one of an external memory component accessible over a network or a library of images stored locally on the portable device.

19. A method, comprising:

employing a processor to execute computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable storage medium to implement the following acts;

identifying a gesture undergone by a portable device;

selecting a digital canvass from a plurality of retrievable digital canvasses, the plurality of retrievable digital canvasses respectively corresponding to a plurality of aggregated points of interest within a predetermined radius from a particular point of interest and included in a pointing direction of the portable device; and

superimposing digital graffiti onto the digital canvass, the digital graffiti generated via the gesture.

20. The method of claim 19, the determining a movement further comprising identifying an acceleration of the portable device during at least a portion of a path traversed by the portable device, the gesture ascertained as a function of the acceleration.