Detect motion generated from gestures used to execute functionality associated with a computer system

• US 8,730,190 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Moloney, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US13/006,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20120182222A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,223 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-179, 178 1- 18, 715/705, 715/863, 382/118
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser

Abstract

A system and method to detect motion generated from gestures, the gestures used to execute functionality associated with a computer system is described. The system includes a touch-sensitive display for receiving input. Further, the system includes a processor to convert the user input into an electrical signal to activate a sensor, the sensor to generate field of view. Additionally, the system includes a sensor logic module to identify at least one wave value associated with a gesture object residing within the field of view. Moreover, the system includes a receiver wave logic module to determine that the at least one wave value has exceeded a limit value. The system also includes a gesture logic module to execute functionality associated with the at least one wave value, the functionality related to an application depicted on the touch-sensitive display.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a touch-sensitive display for receiving input;

a sensor;

a memory resource storing instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

activate the sensor, the sensor to provide a field of view;

determine a plurality of wave values associated with an object residing within the field of view provided by the sensor, each of the plurality of wave values corresponding to a different one of a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis in relation to the sensor;

determine that at least one wave value of the plurality of wave values has exceeded a respective limit value for the at least one wave value, the respective limit value corresponding to a direction along the first axis, the second axis, or the third axis; and

execute functionality associated with the at least one wave value exceeding the respective limit value, the functionality related to an application providing an interface on the touch-sensitive display.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the computer system is a mobile computing device.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the field of view is conical in shape, wherein a point of the conical shape corresponds to a position of the sensor and the conical shape extends out from the point.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first axis corresponds to an X-axis, the second axis corresponds to a Y-axis, and the third axis corresponds to a Z-axis.

5. The computer system of claim 4, wherein the functionality associated with a wave value corresponding to the Z-axis is a zoom functionality, and wherein the processor executes the instructions to execute the zoom functionality of the interface when the wave value corresponding to the Z-axis exceeds the respective limit value corresponding to a direction along the Z-axis.

6. The computer system of claim 4, wherein the functionality associated with a wave value corresponding to the X-axis is a move functionality, and wherein the processor executes the instructions to execute the move functionality of the interface when the wave value corresponding to the X-axis exceeds the respective limit value corresponding to a direction along the X-axis.

7. A computer implemented method for operating a mobile computing device, the method being performed by a processor of the mobile computing device and comprising:

activating a sensor, the sensor to provide a field of view;

receiving information detected by the sensor to determine a plurality of wave value associated with an object residing within the field of view, each of the plurality of wave values corresponding to a different one of a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis in relation to the sensor;

determining that at least one wave value of the plurality of wave values has exceeded a respective limit value for the at least one wave value, the respective limit value corresponding to a direction along the first axis, the second axis, or the third axis; and

executing functionality associated with the at least one wave value exceeding the respective limit value, the functionality related to an application providing an interface on a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the field of view is conical in shape, wherein a point of the conical shape corresponds to a position of the sensor and the conical shape extends out from the point.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the first axis corresponds to an X-axis, the second axis corresponds to a Y-axis, and the third axis corresponds to a Z-axis value.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 9, wherein the functionality associated with a wave value corresponding to the Z-axis is a zoom functionality.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 9, wherein the functionality associated with a wave value corresponding to the X-axis is a move functionality.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

activating a sensor of a mobile computing device, the sensor to provide a field of view;

receiving information detected by the sensor to determine a plurality of wave values associated with an object residing within the field of view, each of the plurality of wave values corresponding to a different one of a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis in relation to the sensor;

determining that at least one wave value of the plurality of wave values has exceeded a respective limit value for the at least one wave value, the respective limit value corresponding to a direction along the first axis, the second axis, or the third axis; and

executing functionality associated with the at least one wave value exceeding the respective limit value, the functionality related to an application providing an interface on a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the field of view is conical in shape, wherein a point of the conical shape corresponds to a position of the sensor and the conical shape extends out from the point.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the first axis corresponds to an X-axis, the second axis corresponds to a Y-axis, and the third axis corresponds to a Z-axis value.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the functionality associated with a wave value corresponding to the Z-axis is a zoom functionality, and wherein the instructions cause the processor to execute the zoom functionality of the interface when the wave value corresponding to the Z-axis exceeds the respective limit value corresponding to a direction along the Z-axis.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the functionality associated with a wave value corresponding to the X-axis is a move functionality, and wherein the instructions cause the processor to execute the move functionality of the interface when the wave value corresponding to the X-axis exceeds the respective limit value corresponding to a direction along the X-axis.