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Interaction using touch and non-touch gestures

US8433138B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 2008
Grant dateApr 30, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/28
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer interface may use touch- and non-touch-based gesture detection systems to detect touch and non-touch gestures on a computing device. The systems may each capture an image, and interpret the image as corresponding to a predetermined gesture. The systems may also generate similarity values to indicate the strength of a match between a captured image and corresponding gesture, and the system may combine gesture identifications from both touch- and non-touch-based gesture identification systems to ultimately determine the gesture. A threshold comparison algorithm may be used to apply different thresholds for different gesture detection systems and gesture types.

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