GESTURE BASED INTERACTION WITH TRAFFIC DATA

• US 20150261308A1
• Filed: 06/01/2015
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pelmorex Canada Inc.
• Inventors: Gueziec, Andre, Blanquart, Briac
• Application Number:
  US14/726,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20150261308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/20 3D [Three Dimensional] animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map

Abstract

Gesture based interaction with traffic data is disclosed. A virtual broadcast presentation may be generated based on dynamic information such as traffic information, weather information, or other information that may be featured on a virtual broadcast presentation. A gesture made by a user is detected and processed to determine an input command associated with the detected gesture. The virtual broadcast presentation may be manipulated based on the input command.

Claims

1. A method for gesture based interaction with dynamic traffic data, the method comprising:

generating a real time virtual broadcast presentation based on dynamic traffic data received from one or more information sources in real time;

receiving user-input related information from one or more sensors, wherein the user-input related information includes gestures and voice commands;

executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor;

processes information relating to a first user-input detected by the one or more sensors and performed by a user interacting with the virtual broadcast presentation,

processes information relating to a second user-input detected by the one or more sensors and performed by the user interacting with the virtual broadcast presentation,

determines first and second input commands associated with the detected first and second user-input by comparing each of the detected first and second user-inputs to a plurality of previously identified user-inputs stored in a customizable user database, and

generates instructions to manipulate the real time virtual broadcast presentation based on the determined first and second input commands; and

displaying the manipulated virtual broadcast presentation in accordance with the generated instructions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user-input is a voice command spoken by the user, the voice command being detected by a microphone, and a computing device coupled to the microphone processes the voice command from the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user-input is a voice command spoken by the user, the voice command being detected by a microphone, and a computing device coupled to the microphone processes the voice command from the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user-input is a bodily movement associated with the body of the user, the bodily movements being detected by one or more sensors, and a computing device coupled to the one or more sensors processes the bodily movements.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user-input is a bodily movement associated with the body of the user, the bodily movements being detected by one or more sensors, and a computing device coupled to the one or more sensors processes the bodily movements.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more sensors include one or more of optical sensors, image sensors, accelerometer, gyroscopic components, and magnetometer.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more sensors detect bodily movements made by the body of the user that include movements or motions of the limbs or the face of the user.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more sensors detect bodily movements made by the body of the user that include static poses or static configurations of the user body.

9. The method of claim 1, the first user-input is a voice command and the second user-input is a bodily movement, the processor processing the information related to the voice command and the bodily movement to determine the first and second input commands and generate instructions to manipulate the real time virtual broadcast presentation based on the determined first and second input commands associated with the voice command and bodily movement.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamic traffic data includes weather forecasts pertaining to weather conditions that affect traffic flow.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the database includes previously identified voice commands and corresponding input commands represented by the voice commands.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the database includes previously identified bodily movements and corresponding input commands represented by the bodily movements.