Methods, systems, and products for gesture-activation

• US 8,467,568 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2011
• Issued: 06/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Roberts, Linda Ann, Nguyen, Hong Thi, Silver, Edward Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): COUSO, YON JUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/304,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20120063643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 382/100, 382/103, 382/107, 382/155, 382/187, 382/307, 345/86, 345/158, 345/169, 345/173, 345/863, 455/419, 455/420, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 700/12, 700/13, 715/863
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/082 on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/12 by detecting audible sound
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/125 by using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed recognizing gestures. A sequence of images is captured by a camera and compared to a stored sequence of images in memory. A gesture is then recognized in the stored sequence of images.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a sequence of images captured by a camera;

retrieving a stored sequence of images from memory;

comparing, by a processor, the sequence of images to the stored sequence of images; and

recognizing a gesture in an image in the sequence of images.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising associating the gesture to an appliance.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising associating the gesture to an operation.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising performing the operation.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising indicating the operation is performed.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a video signal representing the sequence of images.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising sampling to form the sequence of images.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor;

memory; and

code stored in the memory that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receive a sequence of images captured by a camera;

retrieve a stored sequence of images;

compare the sequence of images to the stored sequence of images; and

recognize a gesture in an image in the sequence of images.

9. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to associate the gesture to an appliance.

10. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to associate the gesture to an operation.

11. The system according to claim 10, further comprising code that causes the processor to perform the operation.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising code that causes the processor to indicate the operation is performed.

13. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to receive a video signal representing the sequence of images.

14. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to sample to form the sequence of images.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving a sequence of images captured by a camera;

retrieving a set of images from memory;

comparing, by a processor, the sequence of images to the set of images;

recognizing a gesture in an image in the sequence of images; and

associating the gesture to an operation of an appliance.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising selecting the operation from predefined operations.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising searching a data store for the operation.

18. The method according to claim 15, further comprising performing the operation.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising indicating the operation has been performed.

20. The method according to claim 15, further comprising sampling to form the sequence of images.