GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND DEVICES

• US 20160011669A1
• Filed: 07/01/2015
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: West Texas Technology Partners LLC
• Original Assignee: Atheer, Inc.
• Inventors: Fink, Ryan, Phelps, Ryan, Peck, Gary
• Granted Patent: US 9,990,043 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• 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

Abstract

Gesture recognition systems for detecting gesture commands in light conditions and in dark conditions including a computing system having a processor and a thermographic camera configured to detect infrared radiation from a gesture made by a user and communicate gesture image information to the processor for carrying out a computer-readable gesture command are shown and described. In some examples, the computing system and the thermographic camera are supported on an eyewear article frame. In some other examples, the computing system and the thermographic camera are components of a mobile device. In even other examples, the computing system and the thermographic camera are components of a desk top computer or a laptop computer.

Claims

1. A gesture recognition system for detecting gesture commands in light conditions and in dark conditions, comprising:

a computing system having a processor; and

a thermographic camera for detecting infrared radiation from a gesture made by a user and communicating gesture image information to the processor for carrying out a computer-readable gesture command.

2. The gesture recognition system of claim 1, wherein the computing system and the thermographic camera are supported on an eyewear article frame.

3. The gesture recognition system of claim 2, wherein the eyewear article frame further comprises an image generator, the image generator configured to display an image to the user, the image being an augmented reality view.

4. The gesture recognition system of claim 1, wherein the computing system and the thermographic camera are components of a mobile device.

5. The gesture recognition system of claim 4, wherein the mobile device is a smart phone.

6. The gesture recognition system of claim 1, wherein the computing system and the thermographic camera are components of one or more of a desk top computer and a laptop computer.

7. The gesture recognition system of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a hand gesture.

8. The gesture recognition system of claim 7, wherein the hand gesture is one or more of an open hand gesture, a closed hand gesture, a swipe right, a swipe left, a swipe forward, and a swipe backward.

9. The gesture recognition system of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a head gesture.

10. The gesture recognition system of claim 9, wherein the head gesture is one or more of a single-eye wink, a two-eye blink, an upward head movement, a downward head movement, a rightward head movement, and leftward head movement.

11. The gesture recognition system of claim 1, wherein the gesture image information comprises a white zone for highest temperature gesture information, a light gray zone for median temperature gesture information, a dark gray zone for coolest temperature gesture information, and a black background.

12. A gesture recognition system for detecting gesture commands in light conditions and in dark conditions, comprising:

a thermographic camera capable of detecting infrared radiation from a gesture made by a user and communicating gesture image information to a processor of a computer system for carrying out a computer-readable gesture command.

13. The gesture recognition system of claim 12, wherein the computing system and the thermographic camera are supported on an eyewear article frame, the eyewear article frame further comprising an image generator, the image generator configured to display an image to the user, the image being an augmented reality view.

14. The gesture recognition system of claim 12, wherein the computing system and the thermographic camera are components of a mobile device.

15. The gesture recognition system of claim 12, wherein the computing system and the thermographic camera are components of one or more of a desk top computer and a laptop computer.

16. The gesture recognition system of claim 12, wherein the gesture is a hand gesture, the hand gesture being one or more of an open hand gesture, a closed hand gesture, a swipe right, a swipe left, a swipe forward, and a swipe backward.

17. The gesture recognition system of claim 12, wherein the gesture is a head gesture, the head gesture being one or more of a single-eye wink, a two-eye blink, an upward head movement, a downward head movement, a rightward head movement, and leftward head movement.

18. The gesture recognition system of claim 12, wherein the gesture image information comprises a white zone for highest temperature gesture information, a light gray zone for median temperature gesture information, a dark gray zone for coolest temperature gesture information, and a black background.

19. A gesture recognition system for detecting gesture commands in dark conditions, comprising:

a thermographic camera in data communication with a computer system having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the thermographic camera configured to detect infrared radiation from a gesture made by a user and communicate gesture image information to the processor for carrying out a computer-readable gesture command,

wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has computer-readable instructions for;

receiving one or more thermographic images from the thermographic camera,

analyzing the one or more thermographic images to determine the computer-readable gesture command from the user, and

executing the computer-readable gesture command.

20. The gesture recognition system of claim 19, wherein the computing system and the thermographic camera are supported on an eyewear article frame, the eyewear article frame further comprising an image generator, the image generator configured to display an image to the user, the image being an augmented reality view.