User customizable interface system and implementing method thereof

• US 9,092,062 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2013
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Original Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Inventors: Park, Myoung Soo, Park, Jung-min
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US13/781,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20140007020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863, 715/702, 345/156, 345/173
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A user interface system has an input device for collecting gesture inputs of a user, a computing device for processing the gesture inputs collected by the input device, a memory for storing a set of executive gestures for executing various functions, and an output device for displaying information processed by the computing device, wherein each executive gesture is defined as an executive input for each function, so that, when a gesture input performed by the user corresponds to an executive gesture, a function corresponding thereto is executed, and wherein the executive gestures are capable of being changed and stored by the user.

Claims

1. A user interface system, comprising:

an input device for collecting gesture inputs of a user;

a computing device for processing the gesture inputs collected by the input device;

a memory for storing a set of executive gestures for executing various functions; and

an output device for displaying information processed by the computing device, wherein;

each executive gesture of the executive gestures corresponds to a gesture input for a function, and in response to the gesture input being performed by the user corresponding to an executive gesture, the corresponding function is executed,

in response to a request for changing the executive gesture, the computing device suggests a function list,

in response to a function being selected from the function list, a new executive gesture for executing the selected function is automatically generated, and

the new executive gesture is stored for executing the selected function, wherein

the new executive gesture is generated based on an intermediate path between

an upward path of an executive gesture for executing a function similar to the function selectable by the user and a downward path of an executive gesture for executing a second function similar to the function selectable by the user.

2. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the new executive gesture is provided based on a demonstration of the executive gesture by the user.

3. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the new executive gesture is generated based on executive gestures for executing functions similar to the function selectable by the user.

4. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the new executive gesture is generated based on the similarities with executive gestures for executing functions other than the function selected by the user.

5. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the new executive gesture is generated based on similarities in executive gestures for executing functions similar to the function selectable by the user.

6. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the new executive gesture is generated based on differences in executive gestures for executing functions similar to the function selectable by the user.

7. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the new executive gesture is generated based on similarities and differences in executive gestures for executing functions similar to the function selectable by the user.

8. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the new executive gesture is generated based on an intermediate of the differences between executive gestures for executing functions similar to the function selectable by the user.

9. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein, in response to a first executive gesture for executing a function similar to the function selectable by the user comprising a first length along a major axis longer than a second length of a second executive gesture for executing a second function similar to the function selectable by the user, the new executive gesture comprising a length along the major axis longer than the first length is generated.

10. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein, in response to a first executive gesture for executing a function similar to the function selectable by the user comprising a first length along a major axis longer than a second length of a second executive gesture for executing a second function similar to the function selectable by the user, the new executive gesture comprising a length along the major axis closer to the second length than the first length is generated.

11. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein, in response to a first executive gesture for executing a function similar to the function selectable by the user comprising a first length along a major axis longer than a second length of a second executive gesture for executing a second function similar to the function selectable by the user, the new executive gesture comprising a portion extending beyond the first executive gesture is generated, wherein the portion is different from a corresponding portion of the second executive gesture.

12. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein, in response to a first executive gesture for executing a function similar to the function selectable by the user comprising a first length along a major axis different from a second length of a second executive gesture for executing a second function similar to the function selectable by the user, the new executive gesture comprising a length along the major axis closer to the first length than the second length is generated.

13. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein in response to the computing device suggesting the function list, the computing device inquires whether or not to recommend an executive gesture for performing a function.

14. A user interface implementing method comprising:

collecting gesture inputs of a user at an input device;

processing the gesture inputs collected by the input device at a computing device;

storing a set of executive gestures for executing various functions;

displaying information processed by the computing device, wherein each executive gesture of the executive gestures corresponds to a gesture input for a function, and in response to the gesture input being performed by the user corresponding to an executive gesture, the corresponding function is executed;

determining whether a request for changing the executive gesture is received at the computing device;

providing a list of selectable functions, in response to receiving the request for changing the executive gesture;

generating automatically a new executive gesture for executing the function selected by the user, in response to a function being selected from the function list; and

storing the new executive gesture for executing the selected function, wherein the new executive gesture is generated based on an intermediate path between an upward path of an executive gesture for executing a function similar to the function selectable by the user and a downward path of an executive gesture for executing a second function similar to the function selectable by the user.

15. The user interface implementing method of claim 14, wherein the generating automatically of the new executive gesture comprises generating the new executive gesture based on receiving a gesture at the input device.