Softkinetic Software

Sony Depthsensing Solutions Sa/nv

Softkinetic Studios Sa

Gilles Pinault

Julien Thollot

Laurent Guigues

Xavier Baele

Utku Salihoglu

Kevin Simons

David Dal Zot

Jeremie Roy

Juan Carlos Tocino Diaz

Eric Krzeslo

Carlos Souza

Laurent Desmecht

Carlos Augusto Pinheiro De Sousa

Jérémie Roy

Juan Carlos Tocinos Diaz

Described herein is a method for enabling human-to-computer three-dimensional hand gesture-based natural interactions from depth images provided by a range finding imaging system. The method enables recognition of simultaneous gestures from detection, tracking and analysis of singular points of interests on a single hand of a user and provides contextual feedback information to the user. The singular points of interest of the hand: include hand tip(s), fingertip(s), palm center and center of mass of the hand, and are used for defining at least one representation of a pointer. The point(s) of interest is/are tracked over time and are analyzed to enable the determination of sequential and/or simultaneous 'pointing' and 'activation' gestures performed by a single hand.

Method and system for human-to-computer gesture based simultaneous interactions using singular points of interest on a hand

Described herein is a wireless remote control device () which can be used on the hand () of a user to provide both hardware-based control signals which can be associated with gesture-based control signals for enhanced gesture recognition systems. The device () comprises a housing () having a sensing unit having at least one control button () which is capable of generating a control signal for an associated computerized system. A computerized system utilizes information obtained from the control device () together with information obtained from a gesture recognition system to resolve any ambiguities due to, for example, occlusion of the hand performing the gesture or the hand being outside the field of view of an imaging system associated with the computerized system, and to trigger interactions within the gesture based interaction system.

System and method for enhanced gesture-based interaction

Described herein is a user interface that provides contextual feedback, controls and interface elements on a display screen of an interactive three-dimensional imaging system. A user interacts with the interface to provide control signals in accordance with those recognized by the system to a makes use of at least one POI in a three-dimensional scene that is imaged by the imaging system to provide control signals for the user interface. Control signals are provided by means of gestures which are analyzed in real-time by gesture recognition processes that analyze statistical and geometrical properties of POI motion and trajectories.

Natural gesture based user interface methods and systems

A videogame may include providing body position challenges to one or more players to assume various target body positions at, or within, a predetermined time. Body position challenges may be provided to the one or more players by displaying body position challenge representations that prompt the one or more players to assume body positions and/or execute one or more body movements or gestures corresponding to the body position challenges. The time may be indicated via various mechanisms associated with the display (as detailed below). At a given time or over a given time interval, the videogame system may compare the player's detected body position(s) and/or movement(s) to the body position challenges to determine a degree of match or mismatch based on various criteria. Based on the results of the comparison, the game may generate a score or other feedback for display.

Computer videogame system with body position detector that requires user to assume various body positions

The present invention relates to a volume recognition method comprising the steps of:

Volume recognition method and system

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Anderlecht, Belgium

Gilles Pinault