INPUT COMMAND BASED ON HAND GESTURE

• US 20140253438A1
• Filed: 12/23/2011
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Hoffman, Dustin L., Delpier, Michael, Spurlock, Wendy S
• Application Number:
  US14/356,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20140253438A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Examples disclose a device with a sensor to detect a location of a chassis which does not include an input component for a hand gesture and to execute an input command on the device based on the hand gesture and if the hand gesture is detected at the location of the chassis which does not include the input component.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a chassis to include an input component;

a sensor to detect for a hand gesture at a location of the chassis which does not include the input component; and

a controller to execute an input command on the device based on the hand gesture if the hand gesture is detected at the location of the chassis which does not include the input component.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the input component includes at least one of a keyboard and a touchpad of the device.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the location of the chassis which does not include the input component includes an edge of the chassis.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the location of the chassis which does not include the input component includes at least one portion of the chassis between an edge of the chassis and the input component.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the sensor includes at least one of a touch sensor, a touch surface, and a proximity sensor located at an edge of the chassis.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the sensor is an image capture component which captures a view of the edges of the chassis.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the chassis includes a top portion to include the sensor and a bottom portion to include the input component.

8. A method for detecting an input for a device comprising:

detecting for a hand gesture at a location of a chassis of a device which does not include an input component with a sensor; and

executing an input command on the device based on the hand gesture if the hand gestures is detected at the location of the chassis which does not include the input component.

9. The method for detecting an input for a device of claim 8 wherein detecting a hand gesture at an edge includes detecting an edge of the chassis for a hand gesture.

10. The method for detecting an input for a device of claim 8 further comprising detecting for a hand gesture accessing the input component

11. The method for detecting an input for a device of claim 10 further comprising determining whether the input command is a hand gesture command or a pointer command.

12. The method for detecting an input for a device of claim 11 wherein the input command is identified to be a hand gesture command to navigate between content of the device if the hand gesture is detected at an edge of the device.

13. The method for detecting an input for a device of claim 11 wherein the input command is identified to be a pointer command to navigate a presently rendered content of the device if the input component detects a hand gesture.

14. A computer readable medium comprising instructions that if executed cause a controller to:

detect a location of a chassis of a device which does not include an input component for a hand gesture with a sensor; and

execute an input command on the device based on the hand gesture if the hand gesture is detected at the location of the chassis which does not include the input component.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the controller additionally identifies the input command to be a hand gesture command if the hand gesture is detected at a first edge of the chassis and the input command is identified to be a pointer command if the hand gesture is detected at a second edge of the chassis.