Co-located full-body gestures
US12282592B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 2022 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/024
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for detecting full-body gestures by a mobile device includes a host mobile device detecting the tracked body of a co-located participant in a multi-party session. When the participant's tracked body provides a full-body gesture, the host's mobile device recognizes that there is a tracked body providing a full-body gesture. The host mobile device iterates through the list of participants in the multi-party session and finds the closest participant mobile device with respect to the screen-space position of the head of the gesturing participant. The host mobile device then obtains the user ID of the closest participant mobile device and broadcasts the recognized full-body gesture event to all co-located participants in the multi-party session, along with the obtained user ID. Each participant's mobile device may then handle the gesture event as appropriate for the multi-party session. For example, a character or costume may be assigned to a gesturing participant.
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