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Method and device for the control of functions in a vehicle using gestures performed in three-dimensional space, and related computer program product

US9205846B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

Marco Cartarius · Holzgerlingen, DE
Wiebeke Eide · Mountain View, US
Philipp Fischer · San Francisco, US
Christian Lorenz · Hamburg, DE
Georg Reil · Wien, AT
Vera Schmidt · Palo Alto, US
Erich Schoels · Stuttgart, DE
Hartmut Sinkwitz · Stuttgart, DE
Bernhard Straub · Erligheim, DE
Simon Zeilinger · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2012
Grant date	Dec 8, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 12, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2027/014
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method to control functions in a vehicle using gestures carried out in three-dimensional space. When it is determined that a first gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected by an image-based detection procedure, it is determined whether the first gesture is a gesture directed towards a virtual object superimposing a real environment around the vehicle. If it is determined that the first gesture has been detected, it is determined whether a second gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected by the image-based detection procedure. If so, it is determined whether the detected second gesture is a gesture allocated to a manipulation of the virtual object, and the virtual object is manipulated accordingly.

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