Interactive video based games using objects sensed by TV cameras
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1. A control interface for a vehicle comprising:
- an electro-optical sensor including a sensor field of view within a vehicle interior, the electro-optical sensor including an output; and
a processing unit operatively coupled to the sensor output and adapted to detect a hand or finger gesture performed by a user in the sensor field of view, the processing unit being further adapted to correlate the detected gesture with a vehicle control function, wherein the vehicle control function is controlled by the gesture performed in the vehicle interior.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for interactive TV camera based games in which position or orientation of points on a player or of an object held by a player are determined and used to control a video display. Both single camera and stereo camera pair based embodiments are disclosed, preferably using stereo photogrammetry where multi-degree of freedom information is desired. Large video displays, preferably life-size may be used where utmost realism of the game experience is desired.
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1. A control interface for a vehicle comprising:
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an electro-optical sensor including a sensor field of view within a vehicle interior, the electro-optical sensor including an output; and a processing unit operatively coupled to the sensor output and adapted to detect a hand or finger gesture performed by a user in the sensor field of view, the processing unit being further adapted to correlate the detected gesture with a vehicle control function, wherein the vehicle control function is controlled by the gesture performed in the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer implemented method comprising:
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providing an electro-optical sensor including a sensor field of view encompassing a portion of a vehicle interior; detecting, using the electro-optical sensor, a hand or finger gesture performed by an occupant of the vehicle interior; and correlating the detected gesture with a vehicle control function, wherein the vehicle control function is controlled by the gesture performed in the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A gesture-based control interface for a vehicle occupant, the control interface comprising:
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a camera having a field of view encompassing at least a portion of the vehicle occupant, the camera having an output; a camera processing unit operatively coupled to the camera output and adapted to detect a hand or finger gesture performed by the vehicle occupant in the camera field of view; and a vehicle controller operatively coupled to the camera processing unit, wherein the vehicle controller is adapted to control a vehicle function in response to the gesture being detected by the camera processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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