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Method for gesture-based operation control

  • US 9,952,663 B2
  • Filed: 05/09/2013
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for scrolling displayed content, the method comprising:

  • detecting, in a series of acquired images of a user of a device on which the content is displayed, a movement of a head of the user;

    determining that the detected movement corresponds to a gesture when it exceeds an ignore range of at least one of angular and positional movements;

    when the movement corresponds to a gesture, scrolling the displayed content as indicated by the gesture; and

    when the movement returns to the ignore range, adjusting the scrolling by at least one of stopping and changing scrolling rate,wherein gestures that mimic natural head movements correspond to scrolling that mimics viewing of a physical object.

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