Input Determination Method
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1. A method comprising:
- operating a gesture-controlled device with gesture control of the gesture-controlled device deactivated;
determining, using a gaze tracking component and while the gesture control of the gesture-controlled device is deactivated, that a gaze direction is in a direction of a gaze target;
determining that a predetermined time period has elapsed while the gaze direction is in the direction of the gaze target;
responsive to determining that the predetermined time period has elapsed while the gaze direction is in the direction of the gaze target;
activating the gesture control of the gesture-controlled device, andproviding a human-perceivable indication that the gesture control is activated; and
processing a gesture command that is received by the gesture-controlled device after activating the gesture control.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for determining intent in voice and gesture interfaces are described. An example method includes determining that a gaze direction is in a direction of a gaze target, and determining whether a predetermined time period has elapsed while the gaze direction is in the direction of the gaze target. The method may also include providing an indication that the predetermined time period has elapsed when the predetermined time period has elapsed. According to the method, a voice or gesture command that is received after the predetermined time period has elapsed may be determined to be an input for a computing system. Additional example systems and methods are described herein.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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operating a gesture-controlled device with gesture control of the gesture-controlled device deactivated; determining, using a gaze tracking component and while the gesture control of the gesture-controlled device is deactivated, that a gaze direction is in a direction of a gaze target; determining that a predetermined time period has elapsed while the gaze direction is in the direction of the gaze target; responsive to determining that the predetermined time period has elapsed while the gaze direction is in the direction of the gaze target; activating the gesture control of the gesture-controlled device, and providing a human-perceivable indication that the gesture control is activated; and processing a gesture command that is received by the gesture-controlled device after activating the gesture control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A gesture-controlled device comprising:
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an indicator component; one or more processors; and instructions stored in a memory and executable by the one or more processors to; determine, using a gaze tracking component and while gesture control of the gesture-controlled device is deactivated, whether a gaze direction is in a direction of a gaze target, upon determining that a predetermined time period has elapsed while the gaze direction is in the direction of the gaze target, (i) activate the gesture control and (ii) cause the indicator component to provide a human-perceivable indication that indicates that the gesture control is activated, and process a gesture command that is received after activating the gesture control. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
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determining that a gaze direction is in a direction of a gaze target by processing one or more images; determining whether a predetermine time period has elapsed while the gaze direction is in the direction of the gaze target; upon determining that the predetermined time period has elapsed, transmitting a signal to an indicator component that causes the indicator component to provide a human-perceivable indication that gesture control of a gesture-controlled device is activated; and processing a gesture command that is received after activating the gesture control as an input for the gesture-controlled device.
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