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Compound gesture recognition

US8972902B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

43References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

H. Keith Nishihara · Los Altos, US
Shi-Ping Hsu · Pasadena, US
Adrian Kaehler · Los Angeles, US
Bran Ferren · Beverly Hills, US
Lars Jangaard · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 22, 2008
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0425
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the invention includes a method for executing and interpreting gesture inputs in a gesture recognition interface system. The method includes detecting and translating a first sub-gesture into a first device input that defines a given reference associated with a portion of displayed visual content. The method also includes detecting and translating a second sub-gesture into a second device input that defines an execution command for the portion of the displayed visual content to which the given reference refers.

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