Occluded Gesture Recognition
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- authenticating a person permitted to control a mobile computing device;
determining identifying indicia for a hand of the authenticated person;
receiving a hand gesture of the authenticated person'"'"'s hand;
mapping the received hand gesture to a control input; and
recording the identifying indicia and the mapping of the received hand gesture effective to enable a later-received hand gesture to be identified as being from the authenticated person and mapped to the control input.
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Abstract
This document describes techniques and devices for occluded gesture recognition. Through use of the techniques and devices described herein, users may control their devices even when a user'"'"'s gesture is occluded by some material between the user'"'"'s hands and the device itself. Thus, the techniques enable users to control their mobile devices in many situations in which control is desired but conventional techniques do permit effective control, such as when a user'"'"'s mobile computing device is occluded by being in a purse, bag, pocket, or even in another room.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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authenticating a person permitted to control a mobile computing device; determining identifying indicia for a hand of the authenticated person; receiving a hand gesture of the authenticated person'"'"'s hand; mapping the received hand gesture to a control input; and recording the identifying indicia and the mapping of the received hand gesture effective to enable a later-received hand gesture to be identified as being from the authenticated person and mapped to the control input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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providing, at a mobile computing device and through an occluded-gesture recognition system, a radar field through one or more occlusions; sensing, at the mobile computing device and through the occluded-gesture recognition system, an interaction of an occluded gesture within the radar field; recognizing the occluded gesture; determining a control input associated with the recognized gesture; and passing the determined control input effective to control an entity associated with the mobile computing device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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an occluded-gesture recognition system; one or more computer processors; and one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, perform operations comprising; determining, based on identifying indicia for a gesture actor interacting with a radar field provided by the occluded-gesture recognition system, an identity of a person associated with the gesture actor; determining that the identified person is permitted to control the apparatus; and responsive to determining that the identified person is permitted to control the apparatus, passing a control input determined, based on the interaction or another interaction by the gesture actor with the radar field, to an entity associated with the apparatus, the passing of the control input effective to control the entity. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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