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Systems, devices, and methods for gesture identification

US9880632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 2015
Grant dateJan 30, 2018
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2218/12
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods adapt established concepts from natural language processing for use in gesture identification algorithms. A gesture identification system includes sensors, a processor, and a non-transitory processor-readable memory that stores data and/or instructions for performing gesture identification. A gesture identification system may include a wearable gesture identification device. The gesture identification process involves segmenting signals from the sensors into data windows, assigning a respective “window class” to each data window, and identifying a user-performed gesture based on the corresponding sequence of window classes. Each window class exclusively characterizes at least one data window property and is analogous to a “letter” of an alphabet. Under this model, each gesture is analogous to a “word” made up of a particular combination of window classes.

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