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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rachid M. Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Patrick J. Cauwels, South Beloit, IL (US);
David G. Fliszar, Oak Park, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for selecting between multiple gesture recognition systems includes an electronic device determining a context of operation for the electronic device that affects a gesture recognition function performed by the electronic device. The electronic device also selects, based on the context of operation, one of a plurality of gesture recognition systems in the electronic device as an active gesture recognition system for receiving gesturing input to perform the gesture recognition function, wherein the plurality of gesture recognition systems comprises an image-based gesture recognition system and a non-image-based gesture recognition system.