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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Jason R. Weber, Mountain View, CA (US);
Isaac S. Noble, Soquel, CA (US);
Dong Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen M. Polansky, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Guenael T. Strutt, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew P. Bell, Sunol, CA (US);
Jason R. Weber, Mountain View, CA (US);
Isaac S. Noble, Soquel, CA (US);
Dong Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen M. Polansky, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Guenael T. Strutt, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew P. Bell, Sunol, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A user can make a symbol with their hand, or other such gesture, at a distance from a computing device that can be captured by at least one imaging element of the device. The captured information can be analyzed to attempt to determine the location of distinguishing features of the symbol in the image information. The image information is then compared to hand gesture information stored in, for example, a library of hand gestures for the user. Upon identifying a match, an input to an application executing on the computing device is provided when the image information contains information matching at least one hand gesture with at least a minimum level of certainty. The hand gesture could include a single 'static' gesture, such as a specific letter in sign language, for example, or include two or more 'static' gestures. The gesture could also include motion, such as hand movement.