MULTI DEVICE PAIRING AND SHARING VIA GESTURES

• US 20140149859A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: HILDRETH, Evan R., BERNARTE, Joel, VAN DYKEN, Shaun W., TON, Phuong L., ARELLANO, Suzana
• Granted Patent: US 9,529,439 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to multi device pairing and sharing via non-touch gestures. In an embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a parent device, an initiating non-touch gesture performed by a user towards the parent device. The method also comprises initiating an action based on the detecting. The method further comprises triggering, by the parent device, a gesture recognition mode on one or more secondary devices based on the detecting. And the method further comprises completing the action upon a positive gesture recognition by the one or more secondary devices.

Claims

1. A method for transferring data, the method comprising:

detecting, by a parent device, an initiating non-touch gesture performed by a user towards the parent device;

triggering, by the parent device, gesture recognition on one or more secondary devices based on the detecting;

receiving an indication at the parent device that the gesture recognition of at least one device of the one or more secondary devices detected a completing non-touch gesture; and

transferring data from the parent device to the at least one device in response to the received indication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating non-touch gesture comprises a grab gesture.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing feedback, by the parent device, that the initiating non-touch gesture was detected.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the feedback further comprises at least one of a sound, a flash on an interface of the parent device, an animation, a vibration and a text note.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering the gesture recognition mode on the one or more secondary devices further comprises transmitting a request to the one or more secondary devices to turn on the gesture recognition.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting information indicative of the initiating non-touch gesture.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon the detection of the completing non-touch gesture by the at least one device of the one or more secondary devices, sending a message to deactivate the gesture recognition mode on all other secondary devices.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the initiating non-touch gesture further comprises detecting at least a portion of a key code.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising verifying that the completing non-touch gesture comprises at least a portion of the key code prior to the transferring.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the initiating non-touch gesture and the completing non-touch gesture are dynamic.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the key code comprises a different completing gesture for each of the one of the secondary devices.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising using facial recognition technology to recognize the user of the parent device before the detecting the initiating non-touch gesture.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring comprises moving time-line based content, the method further comprising:

pausing the time-line based content at the parent device upon detecting completion of the initiating non-touch gesture; and

sending indicator data indicating a progress of the time-line based content.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein sending the indicator data further comprises sending a time stamp indicating where the parent device paused the time-line based content.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising de-multiplexing the content into a plurality of data streams, wherein the time-line based content comprises a plurality of data streams.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising selecting a subset of the plurality of streams to transfer based on one or more capabilities of at least one device.

17. A device, comprising:

a sensor configured to detect an initiating non-touch gesture performed by a user towards the device; and

a transceiver configured to trigger gesture recognition on one or more secondary devices based on a gesture detected by the sensor, receive an indication that the gesture recognition of at least one device of the one or more secondary devices detected a completing non-touch gesture, and transfer data to the at least one device in response to the received indication.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the initiating non-touch gesture comprises a grab gesture.

19. The device of claim 17, further comprising an output device configured to provide feedback that the initiating non-touch gesture was detected.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the feedback further comprises at least one of a sound, a flash on an interface of the parent device, an animation, a vibration and a text note.

21. The device of claim 17, wherein the transceiver is configured to trigger the gesture recognition mode on the one or more secondary devices by transmitting a request to the one or more secondary devices to turn on the gesture recognition.

22. The device of claim 21, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting information indicative of the initiating non-touch gesture.

23. The device of claim 17, wherein upon the positive gesture recognition by the at least one device of the secondary devices, the transceiver is configured to send a message to deactivate the gesture recognition mode on all other secondary devices.

24. The device of claim 17, wherein the non-touch gesture comprises at least a portion of a key code.

25. The device of claim 24, further comprising a processor configured to verify that the completing non-touch gesture comprises at least a portion of the key code prior to the transceiver transferring the data.

26. The device of claim 25, wherein the initiating non-touch gesture and the completing non-touch gesture are dynamic.

27. The device of claim 24, wherein the key code comprises a different completing gesture for each of the one of the secondary devices.

28. The device of claim 17, further comprising a processor configured to use facial recognition technology to recognize the user of the device before the detecting the initiating non-touch gesture.

29. The device of claim 17, wherein the transferring comprises moving time-line based content, the moving comprising:

pausing the time-line based content at the device upon detecting completion of the initiating non-touch gesture; and

sending indicator data indicating a progress of the time-line based content.

30. The device of claim 29, wherein sending the indicator data further comprises sending a time stamp indicating where the parent device paused the time-line based content.

31. The device of claim 29, further comprising a de-multiplexer configured to de-multiplex the content into a plurality of data streams, wherein the time-line based content comprises a plurality of data streams.

32. The device of claim 31, further comprising a processor configured to select a subset of the plurality of streams to transfer based on one or more capabilities of at least one device.

33. An apparatus, comprising:

means for detecting, by a parent device, an initiating non-touch gesture performed by a user towards the parent device;

means for triggering, by the parent device, gesture recognition on one or more secondary devices based on the detecting;

means for receiving an indication at the parent device that the gesture recognition of at least one device of the one or more secondary devices detected a completing non-touch gesture; and

means for transferring data from the parent device to the at least one device in response to the received indication.

34. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which are stored computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

detect, by a parent device, an initiating non-touch gesture performed by a user towards the parent device;

trigger, by the parent device, gesture recognition on one or more secondary devices based on the detecting;

receive an indication at the parent device that the gesture recognition of at least one device of the one or more secondary devices detected a completing non-touch gesture; and

transfer data from the parent device to the at least one device in response to the received indication.

35. A method for receiving data, the method comprising:

receiving, by a secondary device, trigger data from a parent device in connection with initiating a transfer;

turning on gesture recognition by the secondary device based on the received trigger data from the parent device; and

upon detecting a completion non-touch gesture with the gesture recognition, transmitting a message to the parent device and receiving data in response.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein detecting the completion non-touch gesture further comprises detecting a drop gesture.

37. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

deactivating, by the secondary device, the gesture recognition if the secondary device does not detect the completion non-touch gesture within a threshold time.

38. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

deactivating, by the secondary device, the gesture recognition upon detecting a cancel gesture.

39. The method of claim 35, further comprising:

continuing to execute the gesture recognition after another device has received the data.

40. The method of claim 35, wherein the detecting the completion non-touch gesture comprises:

detecting a pre-defined gesture corresponding to a key code performed at and detected by the parent device.

41. The method of claim 40, wherein the pre-defined gesture and the key code are dynamic.

42. The method of claim 35, wherein the detecting the pre-defined gesture further comprises using facial or voice recognition to identify a particular user.

43. The method of claim 35, wherein the receiving further comprises receiving time-line based content, the method further comprising:

receiving indicator data indicating a progress of the time-line based content; and

starting presentation of the time-line based content based on the received indicator data.

44. The method of claim 43, further comprising starting presentation of the content based on the received indicator data, wherein the indicator data further comprises a time when the time-line based content was paused on the parent device or a specified time before the content was paused.

45. A device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, by a secondary device, trigger data from a parent device in connection with initiating a transfer;

a gesture recognition module, the gesture recognition module being selectively triggerable based on the trigger data,

wherein upon detecting a completion non-touch gesture with the gesture recognition module, the transceiver is configured to transmit a message to the parent device and receive data in response.

46. The device of claim 45, wherein detecting the completion non-touch gesture further comprises detecting a drop gesture.

47. The device of claim 45, wherein the gesture recognition module is deactivated if the completion non-touch gesture is not detected within a threshold time.

48. The device of claim 45, wherein the gesture recognition module is deactivated if a cancel gesture is detected.

49. The device of claim 45, wherein the gesture recognition module is configured to continue to execute gesture recognition after another device has received the data.

50. The device of claim 45, wherein the detecting the completion non-touch gesture comprises:

detecting a pre-defined gesture corresponding to a key code performed at and detected by the parent device.

51. The device of claim 50, wherein the pre-defined gesture and the key code are dynamic.

52. The device of claim 45, wherein the detecting the pre-defined gesture further comprises using facial or voice recognition to identify a particular user.

53. The device of claim 45, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive time-line based content by:

receiving indicator data indicating a progress of the time-line based content; and

starting presentation of the time-line based content based on the received indicator data.

54. The device of claim 53, further comprising a processor configured to start presentation of the content based on the received indicator data, wherein the indicator data further comprises a time when the time-line based content was paused on the parent device or a specified time before the content was paused.

55. An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving, by a secondary device, trigger data from a parent device in connection with initiating a transfer;

means for turning on gesture recognition by the secondary device based on the received trigger data from the parent device; and

means for upon detecting a completion non-touch gesture with the gesture recognition, transmitting a message to the parent device and receiving data in response.

56. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which are stored computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive, by a secondary device, trigger data from a parent device in connection with initiating a transfer;

turn on gesture recognition by the secondary device based on the received trigger data from the parent device; and

upon detecting a completion non-touch gesture with the gesture recognition, transmit a message to the parent device and receive data in response.