Smartphone-based radar system facilitating ease and accuracy of user interactions with displayed objects in an augmented-reality interface
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1. A smartphone, comprising:
- a display;
a radar system, implemented at least partially in hardware, configured to;
provide a radar field;
sense reflections from an object in the radar field;
analyze the reflections from the object in the radar field; and
provide, based on the analysis of the reflections, radar data;
one or more computer processors; and
one or more computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, implement a radar-based application configured to;
present an augmented-reality (AR) element through the display of the smartphone, the AR element including a touch input control and related to a real object, an image of which is presented on the display; and
responsive to a determination, based on the radar data, that the object in the radar field is moving toward the display, maintain the touch input control at a fixed location on the display of the smartphone.
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Abstract
This document describes techniques and systems that enable a smartphone-based radar system facilitating ease and accuracy of user interactions with displayed objects in an augmented-reality interface. The techniques and systems use a radar field to accurately determine three-dimensional (3D) gestures that can be used to interact with augmented-reality (AR) objects that are presented on a display of an electronic device, such as a smartphone. These techniques allow the user to make 3D gestures from a distance—the user does not have to hold the electronic device steady while touching the screen and the gestures do not obstruct the user'"'"'s view of the AR objects presented on the display.
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1. A smartphone, comprising:
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a display; a radar system, implemented at least partially in hardware, configured to; provide a radar field; sense reflections from an object in the radar field; analyze the reflections from the object in the radar field; and provide, based on the analysis of the reflections, radar data; one or more computer processors; and one or more computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, implement a radar-based application configured to; present an augmented-reality (AR) element through the display of the smartphone, the AR element including a touch input control and related to a real object, an image of which is presented on the display; and responsive to a determination, based on the radar data, that the object in the radar field is moving toward the display, maintain the touch input control at a fixed location on the display of the smartphone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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an electronic device that includes a display; a radar system, implemented at least partially in hardware, configured to; provide a radar field; sense, at a first time, reflections from an object in the radar field; analyze the reflections from the object in the radar field; and provide, based on the analysis of the reflections, radar data; one or more computer processors; and one or more computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, implement a radar-based application configured to; present an augmented-reality (AR) element through the display of the electronic device; receive, at a second time, a touch input made through the display of the electronic device, the touch input effective to select the AR element, the second time being later than the first time; determine, based on the radar data, a gesture by the object in the radar field; and perform an action related to the selected AR element, the action corresponding to the determined gesture. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method implemented in an electronic device that includes a display, a radar system, and a radar-based application, the method comprising:
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providing, by the radar system, a radar field; sensing, by the radar system, reflections from an object in the radar field; analyzing the reflections from the object in the radar field; providing, based on the analysis of the reflections, radar data; presenting, by the radar-based application, an augmented-reality (AR) element through the display of the electronic device, the AR element including a touch input control and related to a real object, an image of which is presented on the display; and responsive to a determination, based on the radar data, that the object in the radar field is moving toward the display, maintaining the touch input control at a fixed location on the display. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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