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Method and device for detecting a user input on the basis of a gesture

US11430267B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Bernd Ette · Wolfsburg, DE
Volker Wintsche · Dresden, DE
Christian Gaida · Freital, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 2018
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30196
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method which includes detecting a user input based on a gesture, acquiring image data and performing segmentation based on the acquired image data, and determining an object with an outline. A reference point is determined based on the object, a distance between each of a number of points located on the outline of the object and the reference point is determined and a measured distance profile is generated based on these distances. A gesture is determined based on the measured distance profile and an output signal is generated and output based on the gesture determined. A device for detecting a user input based on a gesture including an acquisition unit, a segmentation unit, a profile computing unit, an allocation unit, and an output unit (8).

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