INPUT DETECTION

• US 20150185850A1
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Guilak, Farzin, Knudsen, Soren C., Asbjornsen, Steven W., Morrissette, Joel, Crase, Christopher J., Emelue, Chukwuyem D., Galbraith, Danielle
• Application Number:
  US14/142,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20150185850A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method and systems for detecting a gesture and intended input are described herein. In one example, a method includes detecting the gestures from an input device and detecting a set of measurements, wherein each measurement corresponds to a gesture. The method also includes detecting that the set of measurements and the gestures correspond to a stored pattern and determining an intended input from the gestures based on the stored pattern.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing gestures comprising:

detecting the gestures from an input device;

detecting a set of measurements, wherein each measurement corresponds to a gesture;

detecting that the set of measurements and the gestures correspond to a stored pattern; and

returning intended input from the gestures based on the stored pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of gestures comprises a set of selected keys from a keyboard.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of gestures comprises a set of selections from a touch screen device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored pattern comprises previously detected erroneous input and previously detected intended inputs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the set of measurements comprises:

detecting a velocity corresponding to each gesture; and

detecting a pressure corresponding to each gesture.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting that the set of measurements and the gestures correspond to the stored pattern comprises:

detecting a set of previously detected patterns; and

detecting the stored pattern with a similarity value above a threshold from the set of previously detected patterns.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising detecting dead space that corresponds to an input device.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

detecting a sequence of gestures; and

executing a function based on the sequence of gestures.

9. An electronic device for analyzing gestures comprising:

logic to;

detect the gestures from an input device;

detect a set of measurements, wherein each measurement corresponds to a gesture;

detect that the set of measurements and the gestures correspond to a stored pattern;

return intended input from the gestures based on the stored pattern.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the set of gestures comprises a set of selected keys from a keyboard.

11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the set of gestures comprises a set of selections from a touch screen device.

12. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the stored pattern comprises previously detected erroneous input and previously detected intended inputs.

13. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the logic is to:

detect a velocity corresponding to each gesture; and

detect a pressure corresponding to each gesture.

14. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the logic is to:

detect a set of previously detected patterns; and

detect the stored pattern with a similarity value above a threshold from the set of previously detected patterns.

15. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the logic is to detect an erroneous input from the gestures;

and

return the intended input from the stored pattern.

16. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the logic is to:

detect a sequence of gestures; and

execute a function based on the sequence of gestures.

17. At least one non-transitory machine readable medium having instructions stored therein that, in response to being executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

detect the gestures from an input device;

detect a set of measurements, wherein each measurement corresponds to a gesture;

detect that the set of measurements and the gestures correspond to a stored pattern; and

return intended input from the gestures based on the stored pattern.

18. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein the set of gestures comprises a set of selected keys from a keyboard.

19. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein the set of gestures comprises a set of selections from a touch screen device.

20. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein the stored pattern comprises previously detected erroneous input and previously detected intended inputs.

21. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions, in response to being executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

detect a velocity corresponding to each gesture; and

detect a pressure corresponding to each gesture.

22. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions, in response to being executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

detect an erroneous input and the intended input from the gestures; and

return the intended input from the stored pattern.

23. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions, in response to being executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

detect a sequence of gestures; and

execute a function based on the sequence of gestures.

24. A method for detecting a gesture comprising:

detecting sensor data from a set of gesture devices;

calculating a distance between each gesture device in the set of gesture devices;

determining that the detected sensor data and the distance between each gesture device match a previously stored pattern; and

returning an input corresponding to the previously stored pattern.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein, the distance is based on a data transmission time.

26. The method of claim 25, comprising calculating the data transmission time based on a protocol to transmit the data.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the protocol is Bluetooth®

compliant.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the input comprises a selection from a keyboard.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein the input comprises a selection from a touchscreen display device.

30. An electronic device for detecting a gesture, comprising:

logic to;

detect sensor data from a set of gesture devices;

calculate a distance between each gesture device in the set of gesture devices;

determine that the detected sensor data and the distance between each gesture device match a previously stored pattern; and

return an input corresponding to the previously stored pattern.

31. The electronic device of claim 30, wherein, the distance is based on a data transmission time.

32. The electronic device of claim 31, wherein the logic is to calculate the data transmission time based on a protocol to transmit the data.

33. The electronic device of claim 32, wherein the protocol is Bluetooth®

compliant.

34. The electronic device of claim 30, wherein the input comprises a selection from a keyboard.

35. The electronic device of claim 30, wherein the input comprises a selection from a touchscreen display device.

36. At least one non-transitory machine readable medium having instructions stored therein that, in response to being executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

detect sensor data from a set of gesture devices;

calculate a distance between each gesture device in the set of gesture devices;

determine that the detected sensor data and the distance between each gesture device match a previously stored pattern; and

return an input corresponding to the previously stored pattern.

37. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium electronic device of claim 36, wherein the distance is based on a data transmission time.

38. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 37, wherein the instructions, in response to being executed on the electronic device, cause the electronic device to calculate the data transmission time based on a protocol to transmit the data.

39. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 36 wherein the input comprises a selection from a keyboard.

40. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 36, wherein the input comprises a selection from a touchscreen display device.

41. An electronic device for detecting input, comprising:

logic to;

detect sensor data indicating a movement of the electronic device;

detect a location of the electronic device in relation to a second electronic device; and

send the location and the sensor data to an external computing device.

42. The electronic device of claim 41, wherein the electronic device comprises a sensor that detects the sensor data.

43. The electronic device of claim 42, wherein the sensor is an accelerometer or a gyrometer.

44. A method for detecting a calibrated input comprising:

detecting a first waveform corresponding to a first input;

storing the first waveform and the corresponding first input as the calibrated input;

comparing a second waveform corresponding to a second input to the first waveform of the calibrated input;

determining that the second waveform and the first waveform do not match; and

blocking a signal generated by the second input.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the first waveform is based on a change in a voltage corresponding to the first input.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the change in the voltage indicates a pressure and a velocity corresponding to the first input.

47. The method of claim 44 comprising:

determining that a third waveform corresponding to a third input matches the first waveform corresponding to the calibrated input; and

returning the third input.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein determining that the second waveform and the first waveform do not match comprises:

comparing the pressure and the velocity corresponding to the first input to a pressure and a velocity corresponding to the second input; and

determining that a difference between the pressure and the velocity of the first input and the pressure and the velocity of the second input exceeds a threshold value.

49. An electronic device for detecting a calibrated input comprising:

logic to;

detect a first waveform corresponding to a first input;

compare a second waveform corresponding to a second input to the first waveform;

determine that the second waveform and the first waveform do not match; and

block a signal generated by the second input.

50. The electronic device of claim 49, wherein the first waveform is based on a change in a voltage corresponding to the first input.

51. The electronic device of claim 50, wherein the change in the voltage indicates a pressure and a velocity corresponding to the first input.

52. The electronic device of claim 49, wherein the logic is to:

determine that a third waveform corresponding to a third input matches the first waveform; and

return the third input.

53. The electronic device of claim 52, wherein the logic is to:

compare the pressure and the velocity corresponding to the first input to a pressure and a velocity corresponding to the second input; and

determine that a difference between the pressure and the velocity of the first input and the pressure and the velocity of the second input exceeds a threshold value.

54. At least one non-transitory machine readable medium having instructions stored therein that, in response to being executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

detect a first waveform corresponding to a first input;

compare a second waveform corresponding to a second input to the first waveform;

determine that the second waveform and the first waveform do not match; and

block a signal generated by the second input.

55. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 54, wherein the first waveform is based on a change in a voltage corresponding to the first input.

56. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 55, wherein the change in the voltage indicates a pressure and a velocity corresponding to the first input.

57. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 54, wherein the instructions, in response to being executed on the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

determine that a third waveform corresponding to a third input matches the first waveform; and

return the third input.

58. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 57, wherein the instructions, in response to being executed on the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

compare the pressure and the velocity corresponding to the first input to a pressure and a velocity corresponding to the second input; and

determine that a difference between the pressure and the velocity of the first input and the pressure and the velocity of the second input exceeds a threshold value.