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USER GESTURE RECOGNITION

  • US 20170090586A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2015
  • Published: 03/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing input to a computing device, the computing device comprising a processor, memory, a display having a viewing surface and at least three cameras having respective fields of view, the method comprising the steps of:

  • capturing corresponding images with the cameras;

    identifying input gestures using the captured images; and

    interpreting the identified gestures as input to the computing device;

    whereinat least one of the cameras is orientated such that the respective field of view lies adjacent to the viewing surface of the display; and

    whereinidentifying input gestures in the captured images comprises first choosing between images captured by either a first camera or a second camera and then using the chosen image to identify input gestures,wherein identifying input gestures in the captured images is further based on images captured by a third camera,wherein choosing between images captured by either the first camera or the second camera comprises comparing information between images captured by the first camera and images captured by the second camera, andwherein comparing information comprises comparing a standard deviation of information contained in an image captured by the first camera to a standard deviation of information contained in an image captured by the second camera.

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