Nokia Corporation

Nokia Technologies Oy

Tapani Rantakokko

Juha Kela

Samuli Silanto

Sanna Kallio

Jari Kangas

Esko-Juhani Malm

Jussi Holopainen

Jani Mantyjarvi

Panu Korpipaa

Heikki Keranen

Panu Korpipää

Jukka Linjama

Jari T Kangas

Jani Mäntyjärvi

Jussi Pekka Holopainen

Heikki Keränen

Kalle Pikkujamsa

A user interface module includes a display and a motion detector arranged to detect a motion. The module is arranged to display an emulated movement of a graphical representation of a first object on the display according to a motion detected by the motion detector. The first object has a physical characteristic and the user interface module further includes a controller module arranged to generate the emulated movement based on the physical characteristic.

User interface having realistic physical effects

A control system basing on the use of gestures and functioning especially in mobile terminals. The gesture control system is provided with a general purpose interface () with its commands for applications () to be controlled. The processing software () of the gesture signals includes a training program (), trained free-form gestures made by the user being stored in the gesture library, and a recognizing program (), which matches a gesture made by the user to the stored gestures and chooses the most similar gesture thereof. Gestures can hence be used as commands for controlling any application configured or programmed to receive the command. One and the same application functions in different models of mobile terminals without matching, and in a certain mobile terminal all applications can be run, which applications use specified interface commands. The application () can be e.g. a game or activity being included in basic implementation of a mobile terminal.

Gesture control system

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Oulu, Finland

Sanna Kallio