Apparatus and method pertaining to the use of a plurality of 3D gesture sensors to detect 3D gestures
US9817565B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 23, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/017
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device having at least two 3-dimensional gesture sensors that employ differing gesture-sensing modalities as compared to one another further includes a control circuit that operably couples to both of these 3-dimensional gesture sensors and employs both to detect three-dimensional gestures. By one approach the control circuit employs both sensors in a temporally-overlapping manner to reliably and accurately detect the 3D gesture. As another illustrative example, the control circuit may employ different sensors during different portions of a given 3D gesture to detect those corresponding portions of the 3D gesture.
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