Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Sachi Mizobuchi

Wei Li

Wei Zhou

Ghazaleh Saniee-Monfared

Rafael Veras Guimaraes

Juwei Lu

Taslim Arefin Khan

Wenshu Luo

Xuan Zhou

Pourang Polad Irani

Gaganpreet Singh

Jianpeng Xu

Mona Hosseinkhani Loorak

Xiu Yi

Qiang Xu

Jian Zhao

Sitao Wang

Futian Zhang

Methods, devices, and processor-readable media for hand-on-wheel gesture controls are described. A steering wheel is virtually segmented into a plurality of radial segments. Each segment is assigned a semantic meaning. Control commands related to control functions are mapped to different virtual segments of the steering wheel. When a user performs a gesture on the steering wheel, the system recognizes the gesture and selects a control function based on the location of the hand relative to the steering wheel. In various embodiments, on-wheel hand gestures, on-wheel hand location, and voice commands may be used in various combinations to enable a user to perform a wide selection of functions using a small number of unique commands.

Methods and devices for hand-on-wheel gesture interaction for controls

The present disclosure relates to a video conferencing system which provides non-obtrusive feedback to a presenter during a video conference to improve interactivity among participants of video conference. An image sensor, such as a camera, captures a sequence of images (i.e., a video) of the participant while a participant of the video conference is moving their port or a part of their body and sends the images to video conferencing server. The video conferencing server processes the images to recognize a type of gesture performed by the participant and selects an ambient graphic that corresponds to the recognized gesture. The video conferencing server sends the ambient graphic to a client device associated with the presenter. The client device associated with the presenter renders or displays the ambient graphic on a display screen of the client device without obscuring information displayed on the display screen of the client device.

Method and apparatus for video conferencing

Generating a user timeline for an electronic device (ED) userData is collected that includes: location data; application data; and activity data. Occurrences of predetermined types of observed events are detected based on the collected data. For each detected occurrence a respective observed event record is stored that includes information about a time and type of the observed event. Planned event records, each including information about a time and type of a respective planned event, are stored for planned events that the user is scheduled to participate in, the planned event records. Events are predicted based on the observed event records and the planned event records. Information about observed, planned and predicted events are output on a timeline user interface based on observed event records, planned event records and predicted event records stored for the predicted events, respectively.

Timeline user interface

Methods and systems for discrete control of user interface elements such as graphical widgets are described. A first plurality of video frames are captured and processed to recognize hand gestures therein. A dragging mode is activated in response to a dragging mode activation hand gesture in the first plurality of frames. A second plurality of video frames are captured and processed to allow recognition of hand gestures therein. Dragging, an element of a user interface control, in response to recognition of a discrete control hand gesture in the second plurality of frames. The discrete control of a user interface control using mid-air hand gestures allows precise setting of system parameters associated with the user interface control.

Methods and systems for multi-precision discrete control of a user interface control element of a gesture-controlled device

Methods, devices, and processor-readable media for adjusting the control-display gain of a gesture-controlled device are described. Adjusting the control-display gain may facilitate user interaction with content or UI elements rendered on a display screen of the gesture-controlled device. The control-display gain may be adjusted based on a property of how a mid-air dragging gesture is being performed by a user's hand. The property may be the location of the gesture, the orientation of the hand performing the gesture, or the velocity of the gesture. A hand that becomes stationary for a threshold time period while performing the dragging gesture may adjust the control-display gain to a different level. Control-display gain may be set to a different value based on the current velocity of the hand performing the gesture. The control-display gain levels may be selected from a continuous range of values or a set of discrete values. Devices for performing the methods are described.

Method and device for adjusting the control-display gain of a gesture controlled electronic device

Methods, devices, and media are disclosed for mapping of input and output spaces in head-based human-computer interactions. In some embodiments, an end-to-end method is described for designing a head-based user interface, calibrating the interface to individual users, and interacting with a user in real time by mapping head-based user inputs to an output space in a way that optimizes the target selection efficiency of the interaction. Head orientation may be leveraged to define the mapping between the user input and the output space.

Methods, devices and media for input/output space mapping in head-based human-computer interactions

Devices and methods for providing feedback for a control display (CD) gain of a slider control on a gesture-controlled device are described. The method includes detecting a speed of a dynamic dragging gesture, determining the CD gain for the slider control based on the speed, and generating an auditory feedback or a visual feedback for the CD gain. A gesture-controlled device, which carries out the method, may have an image-capturing device, a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing machine-executable instructions for carrying out the method. Advantageously, providing feedback for CD gain of a slider control facilitates accurate adjustment of a system parameter associated with the slider control. The devices and methods may be used in industrial applications, vehicle control among other applications.

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Sachi Mizobuchi