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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Vinay Sharma, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for wave gesture detection performed by a touch processor in an optical touch detection system is provided. The method includes receiving a sequence of images of an illuminated surface comprised in the optical touch detection system, wherein the images are captured by a camera comprised in the optical touch detection system, detecting a wave gesture performed in front of the illuminated surface by analyzing the sequence of images, and outputting an indication that a wave gesture has been detected.