Global settings for the enablement of culture-based gestures

• US 8,656,279 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2010
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Haug, Tobias
• Primary Examiner(s): Salomon, Phenuel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shiberou, Mahelet
• Application Number:
  US12/967,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20120151340A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,162 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 715/703
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• 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: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A method of configuring a device to receive gesture inputs of a particular culture includes: responsive to a user request to adapt a device to gestures of a culture, assigning a data record representing cultural setting of the device to the culture, and responsive to the assigning the culture setting of the device, adopting a gesture recognizer of the device to the culture setting.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of configuring a device to receive gesture inputs of a particular culture, comprising:

retrieving parameter data of the device, the parameter data including at least one of a language setting, a time zone setting, a calendar event setting, and a history record of a previous cultural setting of the device;

computing a likelihood value of a culture based on the parameter data, the likelihood value indicating a probability that a user of the device belongs to the culture;

comparing the computed likelihood value of the culture with a pre-determined threshold;

if the likelihood value of the culture is greater than the pre-determined threshold, assigning a data record representing a cultural setting of the device to the culture, wherein the data record includes a user identification field holding an identification of the user of the device, and a cultural setting field corresponding to the user identification and storing a cultural value representing the culture; and

if not greater, computing a next likelihood value of another culture based on the parameter data and repeating the comparing step; and

responsive to the assigning the cultural setting of the device, adopting a gesture recognizer of the device to the cultural setting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adopting the gesture recognizer includes:

loading a gesture model of the culture; and

recognizing gestures using the gesture recognizer based on the gesture model of the culture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user request includes user'"'"'s logging into the device which executes a login script to identify the user to the device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user request includes user modifies the configuration file via a user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is one of a computer, a handheld device, a cell phone, and a game box.

6. A device, comprising:

a processor configured with a culture-based gesture recognizer; and

a memory having stored thereon a configuration file that specifies how the device operates,

wherein the processor is configured to;

retrieve parameter data of the device, the parameter data including at least one of a language setting, a time zone setting, a calendar event setting, and a history record of a previous cultural setting of the device;

compute a likelihood value of a culture based on the parameter data, the likelihood value indicating a probability that a user of the device belongs to the culture;

compare the likelihood value of the culture with a pre-determined threshold;

if the likelihood value of the culture is greater than the pre-determined threshold, assign a data record representing cultural setting in the configuration file to the culture, wherein the data record includes a user identification field holding an identification of the user of the device, and a cultural setting field corresponding to the user identification and storing a cultural value representing the culture; and

if not greater, compute a next likelihood value of another culture based on the parameter data and repeat the comparing step; and

responsive to the assigning the cultural setting, adopting the gesture recognizer of the device to the culture setting.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the adopting the gesture recognizer includes:

loading a gesture model of the culture; and

recognizing gestures using the gesture recognizer based on the gesture model of the culture.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the user request includes user'"'"'s logging into the device which executes a login script to identify the user to the device.

9. The device of claim 6, wherein the user request includes user modifies the configuration file via a user interface.

10. The device of claim 6, wherein the device is one of a computer, a handheld device, a cell phone, and a game box.

11. A computer-readable non-transitory medium stored thereon machine-executable codes that, when executed, performs a method of configuring a device to receive gesture inputs of a particular culture, the method comprising:

retrieving parameter data of the device, the parameter data including at least one of a language setting, a time zone setting, a calendar event setting, and a history record of a previous cultural setting of the device;

computing a likelihood value of a culture based on the parameter data, the likelihood value indicating a probability that a user of the device belongs to the culture, wherein the data record includes a user identification field holding an identification of the user of the device, and a cultural setting field corresponding to the user identification and storing a cultural value representing the culture;

comparing the computed likelihood value of the culture with a pre-determined threshold;

if the likelihood value of the culture is greater than the pre-determined threshold, assigning a data record representing a cultural setting of the device to the culture; and

if not greater, computing a next likelihood value of another culture based on the parameter data and repeating the comparing step; and

responsive to the assigning the cultural setting of the device, adopting a gesture recognizer of the device to the cultural setting.