Gesture control

• US 9,898,093 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2017
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Aaron, Jeffrey A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): POINT, RUFUS C
• Application Number:
  US15/468,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20170192524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 340 56, 340 51
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0331 Finger worn pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

Gesture control uses electromagnetic power signatures. A signal is received and a power of the signal is determined. The power is associated to a command, and the command is executed in response to a gesture.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a controlled device, an electromagnetic signal from a controlling device;

determining, by the controlled device, an electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal received from the controlling device;

querying, by the controlled device, an electronic database for the electromagnetic power, the electronic database electronically associating commands to electromagnetic powers including the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal;

identifying, by the controlled device, a command of the commands in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the electromagnetic power; and

executing, by the controlled device, the command in response to the receiving of the electromagnetic signal from the controlling device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the electronic database.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining sequential values of the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the electromagnetic power during a movement of the controlling device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a change in the electromagnetic power.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a change over time in the electromagnetic power.

8. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving an electromagnetic signal from a controlling device;

determining an electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal received from the controlling device;

querying an electronic database for the electromagnetic power, the electronic database electronically associating commands to electromagnetic powers including the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal;

identifying a command of the commands in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the electromagnetic power; and

executing the command in response to the receiving of the electromagnetic signal from the controlling device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise storing the electronic database.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise measuring the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining sequential values of the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining a change in the electromagnetic power.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining a change over time in the electromagnetic power.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining the electromagnetic power during a movement of the controlling device.

15. A memory device storing code which when executed causes a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving an electromagnetic signal from a controlling device;

determining an electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal received from the controlling device;

querying an electronic database for the electromagnetic power, the electronic database electronically associating commands to electromagnetic powers including the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal;

identifying a command of the commands in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the electromagnetic power; and

executing the command in response to the receiving of the electromagnetic signal from the controlling device.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise storing the electronic database.

17. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise measuring the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal.

18. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining sequential values of the electromagnetic power associated with the electromagnetic signal.

19. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining a change in the electromagnetic power.

20. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining a change over time in the electromagnetic power.