Techniques for device connections using touch gestures

• US 9,147,057 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2012
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Raffa, Giuseppe, Sharma, Sangita, Wan, Chieh-Yih
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rodriguez, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/535,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20140006954A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: 715/733
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

Techniques for device connections using touch gestures are described. A method may comprise receiving a first gesture input at a first electronic device, receiving, at the first electronic device, a second gesture input from a second computing device in proximity to the first computing device, comparing the first gesture input and the second gesture input, and establishing a wireless connection between the first computing device and the second computing device if a similarity of the first gesture input and the second gesture input meets or exceeds a similarity threshold based on the comparing. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a first gesture input from a first electronic device;

receiving a second gesture input from a second electronic device;

comparing at a third electronic device a shape of the entire first gesture input and a shape of the entire second gesture input to a shape of each gesture template of multiple gesture templates; and

transmitting connection information to the first and second electronic devices to enable establishing a wireless connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device with a selected level of security access permissions between the first and second electronic devices if a similarity of the shape of the entire first gesture input and the shape of a first gesture template of the multiple gesture templates meets or exceeds a similarity threshold based on the comparing, and if the shape of the entire second gesture input and the shape of a second gesture template of the multiple gesture templates meets or exceeds a similarity threshold based on the comparing, the selected level of security access permissions based on which gesture templates of the multiple gesture templates comprise the first and second gesture templates.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the first and second gesture inputs comprising one or more of a letter, number, or symbol entered using a touch interface.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the wireless connection comprising a secure wireless connection established using a wireless local area network (WLAN).

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the first gesture input entered via a touch interface of the first electronic device and second gesture input entered via a touch interface of the second electronic device, the first and second gesture inputs comprising one or more of a letter, number, or symbol entered using a touch interface.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

determining that the first electronic device is proximate to the second electronic device by determining that the first and second electronic devices are connected to a same wireless network, using audio signals to determine a distance between the first and second electronic devices or using radio frequency signals to determine a distance between the first and second electronic devices; and

initiating gesture recognition based on the determining.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

initiating a gesture recognition training phase;

receiving a training gesture input from one or more of the first electronic device or the second electronic device;

requesting reentry of the training gesture input; and

storing the training gesture input as a gesture template of the multiple gesture templates.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, comprising:

associating different gesture inputs with different users, different electronic devices, different types of connections or different levels of security access.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more wireless transceivers;

a processor coupled to the one or more wireless transceivers; and

a memory unit coupled to the processor, the memory unit to store a gesture recognition application operative on the processor to

receive at the one or more wireless transceivers a first gesture input from a first electronic device,

receive at the one or more wireless transceivers a second gesture input from a second electronic device,

compare a shape of the entire first gesture input and a shape of the entire second gesture input to a shape of each gesture template of multiple gesture templates, and

transmit connection information to the first and second electronic devices to enable establishment of a wireless connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device with a selected level of security access permissions between the first and second electronic devices if a similarity of the shape of the entire first gesture input and the shape of a first gesture template of the multiple gesture templates meets or exceeds a similarity threshold based on the comparing, and if the shape of the entire second gesture input and the shape of a second gesture template of the multiple gesture templates meets or exceeds a similarity threshold based on the comparing, the selected level of security access permissions based on which gesture templates of the multiple gesture templates comprise the first and second gesture templates.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, the first gesture input entered via a touch interface of the first electronic device and second gesture input entered via a touch interface of the second electronic device, the first and second gesture inputs comprising one or more of a letter, number, or symbol entered using a touch interface.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, the gesture recognition application operative on the processor to determine that the first electronic device is proximate to the second electronic device by determining that the first and second electronic devices are connected to a same wireless network, using audio signals to determine a distance between the first and second electronic devices or using radio frequency signals to determine a distance between the first and second electronic devices and to initiate gesture recognition based on the determining.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, the gesture recognition application operative on the processor to initiate a gesture recognition training phase, receive a training gesture input from one or more of the first electronic device or the second electronic device, request reentry of the training gesture input, and store the training gesture input as a gesture template of the multiple gesture templates.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, the gesture recognition application operative on the processor to associate different gesture inputs with different users, different electronic devices, different types of connections or different levels of security access.

13. A system, comprising:

a first electronic device operative to receive a first gesture input via a touch interface of the first electronic device;

a second electronic device operative to receive a second gesture input via a touch interface of the second electronic device; and

a third electronic device operative

to receive the first gesture input from the first electronic device and the second gesture input from the second electronic device,

to compare a shape of the entire first gesture input and a shape of the entire second gesture input to a shape of each gesture template of multiple gesture templates, and

to transmit connection information to the first and second electronic devices to enable establishment of a wireless connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device with a selected level of security access permissions between the first and second electronic devices if a similarity of the shape of the entire first gesture input and the shape of a first gesture template of the multiple gesture templates meets or exceeds a similarity threshold based on the comparing, and if the shape of the entire second gesture input and the shape of a second gesture template of the multiple gesture templates meets or exceeds a similarity threshold based on the comparing, the selected level of security access permissions based on which gesture templates of the multiple gesture templates comprise the first and second gesture templates.

14. The system of claim 13, the third electronic device comprising a server device.

15. The system of claim 13, the third electronic device operative to store, in a memory unit, one or more sets of gesture inputs as gesture templates of the multiple gesture templates, each set comprising two or more different gestures that are linked or paired together.

16. The system of claim 15, the third electronic device operative to establish a wireless connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device if the shape of the entire first gesture input and the shape of the entire second gesture input comprise different gestures that match shapes of entire gesture inputs of a set of gesture inputs stored as the first and second gesture templates of the multiple gesture templates.

17. The system of claim 13, the first and second gesture inputs comprising one or more of a letter, number, or symbol.