GESTURE CONTROL METHOD, GESTURE CONTROL MODULE, AND WEARABLE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME

• US 20150346828A1
• Filed: 05/22/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, Yu-Chang, CHIANG, Wen-Ham
• Application Number:
  US14/720,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20150346828A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/96 Management of image or video recognition tasks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113

Abstract

A gesture control method, a gesture control module, and a wearable device having the same. The gesture control method includes the following steps: executing a setting procedure, including: capturing a hand image; identifying a plurality of identification points from the hand image; recording at least one relative distance between each identification point and other identification points; and executing a controlling procedure, including: determining whether a quantity of the identification points or their relative distances have changed; and if yes, generating a corresponding command according to changes in the quantity of the identification points or their relative distances.

Claims

1. A gesture control method for a gesture control module comprising the following steps:

executing a setting procedure, comprising;

capturing a hand image;

identifying a plurality of identification points from the hand image; and

recording at least one relative distance between each identification point and other identification points; and

executing a controlling procedure, comprising;

determining whether a quantity of the identification points or their relative distances have changed; and

if yes, generating a corresponding command according to the changes in the quantity of the identification points or their relative distances.

2. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of executing the setting procedure further comprises:

identifying five fingertips and a palm center point as six identification points.

3. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the step of executing the setting procedure further comprises:

setting the five fingertips as a first identification point, a second identification point, a third identification point, a fourth identification point, and a fifth identification point sequentially, and

setting the palm center point as a sixth identification point.

4. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step of executing the setting procedure further comprises:

determining whether the six identification points are identified at the same time.

5. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 4, wherein if the six identification points are identified at the same time, the following steps are executed:

determining that the relative distances between the third identification point, the fourth identification point, and the fifth identification point are longer than a first specific distance;

determining that the relative distance between the first identification point and the second identification point is shorter than a second specific distance; and

executing a first command.

6. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 4, wherein if the six identification points are identified at the same time, the following steps are executed:

determining whether the relative distances between the first identification point, the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point and the fifth identification point are shorter than a third specific distance;

if yes, determining whether the relative distances from the first identification point, the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point, and the fifth identification point to the sixth identification point are longer than a fourth specific distance;

identifying when the first identification point, the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point, and the fifth identification point are rotating in a clockwise direction, and executing a second command; and

identifying when the first identification point, the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point, and the fifth identification point are rotating in a counterclockwise direction, and executing a third command.

7. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the relative distances between the first identification point, the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point and the fifth identification point are longer than the third specific distance, the following steps are executed:

determining whether the relative distances from the first identification point, the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point, and the fifth identification point to the sixth identification point are longer than a fifth specific distance;

determining whether the relative distances between the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point, and the fifth identification point are shorter than a sixth specific distance; and

determining whether the relative distance between the first identification point and the second identification point is longer than a seventh specific distance;

identifying when the first identification point, the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point, and the fifth identification point are rotating in a clockwise direction, and executing a fourth command; and

identifying when the first identification point, the second identification point, the third identification point, the fourth identification point, and the fifth identification point are rotating in a counterclockwise direction, and executing a fifth command.

8. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 4, wherein if the six identification points are not identified at the same time, the following steps are executed:

identifying the first identification point, the second identification point, the fifth identification point, and the sixth identification point;

determining whether the relative distances between the first identification point, the second identification point, and the fifth identification point are longer than an eighth specific distance; and

executing a sixth command.

9. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 4, wherein if the six identification points are not identified at the same time, the following steps are executed:

identifying the first identification point, the fifth identification point, and the sixth identification point;

determining whether the relative distance between the first identification point and the fifth identification point is longer than a ninth specific distance; and

executing a seventh command.

10. The gesture control method as claimed in claim 4, wherein if the six identification points are not identified at the same time, the following steps are executed:

identifying the second identification point and the sixth identification point;

determining whether a moving distance of the second identification point is longer than a tenth specific distance; and

executing an eighth command.

15. The gesture control module as claimed in claim 10, wherein the capture module is a depth sensor.

11. A gesture control module used for a wearable device, comprising:

a capture module, used for capturing a hand image;

an identification module, electrically connected to the capture module, for identifying a plurality of identification points from the hand and recording at least one relative distance between each identification point and other identification points in the image;

a database, electrically connected to the identification module and having a correspondence table for storing a plurality of hand image parameters and a plurality of corresponding command, wherein the plurality of hand image parameters comprises a change in a quantity of the identification points and their relative distances; and

a main control module, electrically connected to the identification module, for determining whether the quantity of the identification points or their relative distances have changed, and if the quantity of the identification points or their relative distances have changed, the main control module generates a corresponding command according to the changes in the quantity of the identification points or their relative distances according to a search of the correspondence table.

12. The gesture control module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the identification module is used for identifying five fingertips and a palm center point as six identification points.

13. The gesture control module as claimed in claim 12, wherein the identification module is used for setting the five fingertips as a first identification point, a second identification point, a third identification point, a fourth identification point, and a fifth identification point sequentially and setting the palm center point as a sixth identification point.

14. The gesture control module as claimed in claim 13, wherein the main control module is used for determining whether the six identification points are identified at the same time.

16. A wearable device, comprising:

a gesture control module, comprising;

a capture module, used for capturing a hand image;

an identification module, electrically connected to the capture module, for identifying a plurality of identification points from the hand and recording at least one relative distance between each identification point and other identification points in the image;

a database, electrically connected to the identification module and having a correspondence table for storing a plurality of hand image parameters and a plurality of corresponding command, wherein the plurality of hand image parameters comprises a change in a quantity of the identification points and their relative distances; and

a main control module, electrically connected to the identification module, for determining whether the quantity of the identification points or their relative distances have changed, and if the quantity of the identification points or their relative distances have changed, the main control module generates a corresponding command according to the changes in the quantity of the identification points or their relative distances according to a search of the correspondence table; and

a controlled module electrically connected to the main control module, used for executing a corresponding action according to the corresponding command.

17. The wearable device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the identification module is used for identifying five fingertips and a palm center point as six identification points.

18. The wearable device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the identification module is used for setting the five fingertips as a first identification point, a second identification point, a third identification point, a fourth identification point, and a fifth identification point sequentially and setting the palm center point as a sixth identification point.