Contextual Based Gesture Recognition And Control

• US 20160187995A1
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Rosewall, Samuel D.
• Application Number:
  US14/982,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20160187995A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/50 Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

Described are mobile devices and methods that receive location data by a user device that is configured to perform a plurality of different control actions on one or more different remote systems/devices, receive gesture data from a sensor process the location data and the gesture data to determine a command that performs a control action and to determine a particular one of the remote systems/devices on which the command is to be performed, and cause a message that includes the determined command to the determined particular one of the remote systems/devices to perform the determined control action by the particular one of the systems/devices.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprises:

circuitry configured to;

receive location data of the mobile device, the device being configured to perform a plurality of different control actions on one or more remote systems and/or devices, which systems and/or devices are remote from the body of a user;

receive gesture data from a sensor built into the mobile device;

determine at least one of the one or more remote systems and/or devices on which the command is to be performed

process the location data and the gesture data to determine a command that performs a control action on the determined at least one of the one or more remote systems and/or devices; and

cause a message that includes the determined command to be sent from the mobile device to the determined particular one of the systems/devices to perform the determined control action by the particular one of the systems/devices.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry includes a processor and the processor is also configured to:

authenticate the user for accessing and performing the control action on the particular one of the systems/devices.

3. A mobile device comprises:

a processor device;

a global positioning transceiver device;

memory in communication with the processor device; and

a storage device that stores a program of computing instructions for execution by the processor using the memory, the program comprising instructions configured to cause the processor to;

receive from the global positioning transceiver device location data of the mobile device, the mobile device being configured to perform a plurality of different control actions on one or more remote systems and/or devices, which systems and/or devices are remote from the body of a user;

receive gesture data from a sensor built into the mobile device;

determine at least one of the one or more remote systems and/or devices on which the command is to be performed

process the location data and the gesture data to determine a command that performs a control action on the determined at least one of the one or more remote systems and/or devices; and

cause a message that includes the determined command to be sent from the mobile device to the determined particular one of the systems/devices to perform the determined control action by the particular one of the systems/devices.

4. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the device includes an accelerometer.

5. The mobile device claim 3, wherein the device includes a near-field transceiver.

6. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the processor is also caused to send a message to the user device after the particular system/device performs the control action.

7. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the mobile device is a smartwatch.

8. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the user device is a smartwatch that comprises a display device and the program comprises instructions to:

render a graphical user interface on the display device.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the instructions to render the graphical user interface comprise instructions to:

render a screen that comprises icons corresponding to applications executed by the processor in the mobile device to control the systems and/or devices.

10. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the instructions to render the graphical user interface comprise instructions to:

render a second set of screens upon selection of one of the icons, which second set of screens rendering a second set of icons that are used to perform the control action.

11. A system comprises:

a mobile device comprising;

a processor device;

a global positioning transceiver device;

memory in communication with the processor device; and

a storage device that stores a program of computing instructions for execution by the processor using the memory, the program comprising instructions configured to cause the processor to;

receive from the global positioning transceiver device location data of the mobile device, the mobile device being configured to perform a plurality of different control actions on one or more remote systems and/or devices, which systems and/or devices are remote from the body of a user;

receive gesture data from a sensor built into the mobile device;

determine at least one of the one or more remote systems and/or devices on which the command is to be performed

process the location data and the gesture data to determine a command that performs a control action on the determined at least one of the one or more remote systems and/or devices; and

cause a message that includes the determined command to be sent from the mobile device to the determined particular one of the systems/devices to perform the determined control action by the particular one of the systems/devices; and

a remote system/device that receives the message and performs the determined command.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the system is a security system and the mobile device is a smartwatch and the mobile device arms or disarms the security system when the mobile device is within a defined proximity to the security system.