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Three dimensional gesture recognition in vehicles

  • US 8,625,855 B2
  • Filed: 02/07/2013
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing gesture recognition in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving one or more raw frames from a time of flight (TOF) camera of a vehicle occupant;

    performing clustering to determine one or more objects of interest of the vehicle occupant;

    locating one or more arm clusters of the vehicle occupant;

    locating a palm cluster of the vehicle occupant;

    calculating a location of a tip of a hand of the vehicle occupant;

    defining one or more predetermined search spaces in accordance with the location of the tip of the hand;

    defining one or more partition spaces within the one or more search spaces; and

    locating the hand within the partition and search spaces.

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