ORIENTATION-INDEPENDENT AIR GESTURE DETECTION SERVICE FOR IN-VEHICLE ENVIRONMENTS
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a vehicle sensor indicating heading angle;
a plurality of seating zones, each including an orientation sensor indicating seating angle; and
a component within one of the seating zones, programmed to;
provide interface information descriptive of commands and associated air gestures oriented to the one seating zone; and
perform one of the commands responsive to a personal device detecting the corresponding air gesture, accounting for the heading angle and seating angle.
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Abstract
A vehicle sensor may indicate heading angle. A plurality of seating zones may each include an orientation sensor indicating seating angle. A component within one of the seating zones may provide interface information descriptive of commands and associated air gestures oriented to the one seating zone, and perform one of the commands responsive to a personal device detecting the corresponding air gesture, accounting for the heading angle and seating angle. Gesture input from a personal device may be adjusted to create acceleration data in a reference frame of an in-vehicle component in a seating zone using orientation of the device, vehicle heading relative to magnetic North, and orientation angle for the seating zone including the device. When the acceleration data matches an air gesture in a library of air gestures, a command may be sent to the component corresponding to the matching air gesture.
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19 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a vehicle sensor indicating heading angle; a plurality of seating zones, each including an orientation sensor indicating seating angle; and a component within one of the seating zones, programmed to; provide interface information descriptive of commands and associated air gestures oriented to the one seating zone; and perform one of the commands responsive to a personal device detecting the corresponding air gesture, accounting for the heading angle and seating angle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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adjusting gesture input from a personal device to create acceleration data in a reference frame of an in-vehicle component in a seating zone using orientation of the device, vehicle heading relative to magnetic North, and orientation angle for the seating zone including the device; and when the acceleration data matches an air gesture in a library of air gestures, sending a command to the component corresponding to the matching air gesture. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A device comprising:
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a processor; an acceleration sensor; an orientation sensor; a wireless transceiver; and a memory storing a gesture detection service and an application, wherein the gesture detection service includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect air gestures performed by occupants of a vehicle according to data from the acceleration sensor and the orientation sensor, and the application includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive interface information descriptive of commands and corresponding air gestures for the commands from a vehicle component using the wireless transceiver, utilize the gesture detection service to determine when the gestures are performed, and send one of the commands to the vehicle component using the wireless transceiver responsive to the gesture detection service determining that the corresponding air gesture for the command is performed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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