Patent · US Expired

System and method for gesture interface

US7095401B2 · kind B2 · utility

140Cited by

16References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. · US

Inventors

Che-Bin Liu · Milpitas, US
Visvanathan Ramesh · Plainsboro, US
Bernhard Geiger · Buckenhof, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2001
Grant date	Aug 22, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V40/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining a gesture includes determining a change in a background of an image from a plurality of images, determining a object in the image, determining a trajectory of the object through the plurality of images, and classifying a gesture according to the trajectory of the object.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.