Touch sensitive remote control system that detects hand size characteristics of user and adapts mapping to screen display
US8031175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C2201/30
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Sensors around the periphery of the remote control unit detect contact with the user's hand. A trained model-based pattern classification system analyzes the periphery sensor data and makes a probabilistic prediction of the user's hand size. The hand size is then used to control a mapping system that defines how gestures by the user's thumb upon a touchpad of the remote control unit are mapped to the control region upon a separate display screen.
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