System and method for enhanced command input

• US 9,323,453 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2013
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Electronics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Universal Electronics, Inc.
• Inventors: Hatambeiki, Arsham, Kohanek, Jeffrey, Keiles, Pamela Eichler, Hayes, Patrick H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Salomon, Phenuel
• Application Number:
  US13/887,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20130254722A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,086 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42221 Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

A portable electronic device having an input device for receiving a gesture based input from a user is used to control a navigation operation of an appliance. The portable electronic device receives via the input device the gesture based input and uses one or more parameters stored in a memory of the portable electronic device and one or more characteristics associated with the gesture based input to cause the portable electronic device to transmit a navigation step command to thereby control the navigation operation of the appliance.

Claims

1. A method for using a gesture based input to control a navigation operation of an appliance, comprising:

receiving raw data indicative of at least one characteristic associated with a gesture based input provided to an input device;

using one or more parameters selected from a library of parameters to modify the received raw data indicative of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input; and

using the modified, received raw data indicative of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input to generate a navigation step command for transmission to the appliance;

wherein the transmitted navigation step command comprises data for use in controlling the navigation operation of the appliance, the data comprises a sequence of direction commands, and a number of direction commands within the sequence is reflective of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input and the one or more parameters selected from the library of parameters.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters are selected from the library of parameters in response to input received via a biometric input sensor.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters are selected from the library of parameters by the appliance.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters from the library of parameters are selected by the appliance as a function of an appliance activity.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the input device comprises a touch sensitive surface.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the touch sensitive surface comprises a two-axis, capacitive touch sensor.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, comprising providing user feedback representative of the gesture based input.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the user feedback comprises a series of audible sounds representative of the gesture based input.

9. A method for using a gesture based input to control a navigation operation of an appliance, comprising:

receiving raw data indicative of at least one characteristic associated with a gesture based input provided to an input device;

using one or more parameters selected from a library of parameters to modify the received raw data indicative of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input; and

using the modified, received raw data indicative of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input to generate a navigation step command for transmission to the appliance;

wherein the transmitted navigation step command comprises data for use in controlling the navigation operation of the appliance, the data comprises a sequence of direction commands, and a timing between a transmission of consecutive ones of the direction commands within the sequence is reflective of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input and the one or more parameters selected from the library of parameters.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the one or more parameters are selected from the library of parameters in response to input received via a biometric input sensor.

11. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the one or more parameters are selected from the library of parameters by the appliance.

12. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the one or more parameters from the library of parameters are selected by the appliance as a function of an appliance activity.

13. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the input device comprises a touch sensitive surface.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the touch sensitive surface comprises a two-axis, capacitive touch sensor.

15. The method as recited in claim 9, comprising providing user feedback representative of the gesture based input.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the user feedback comprises a series of audible sounds representative of the gesture based input.

17. A method for using a gesture based input to control a navigation operation of an appliance, comprising:

receiving raw data indicative of at least one characteristic associated with a gesture based input provided to an input device;

using one or more parameters selected from a library of parameters to modify the received raw data indicative of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input; and

using the modified, received raw data indicative of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input to generate a navigation step command for transmission to the appliance;

wherein the transmitted navigation step command comprises data for use in controlling the navigation operation of the appliance, the data comprises a sequence of direction delta values, and each of the direction delta values within the sequence has a value that is reflective of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input and the one or more parameters selected from the library of parameters.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters are selected from the library of parameters in response to input received via a biometric input sensor.

19. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters are selected from the library of parameters by the appliance.

20. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters from the library of parameters are selected by the appliance as a function of an appliance activity.

21. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the input device comprises a touch sensitive surface.

22. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the touch sensitive surface comprises a two-axis, capacitive touch sensor.

23. The method as recited in claim 17, comprising providing user feedback representative of the gesture based input.

24. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the user feedback comprises a series of audible sounds representative of the gesture based input.