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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Meredith June Morris, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew David Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);
F. David Jones, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen E. Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Redmond, WA (US);
David Alexander Butler, Cambridge, GB;
Ian M. Sands, Seattle, WA (US);
V. Kevin Russ, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hrvoje Benko, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawn R. Leprowse, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;
William Ben Kunz, Seattle, WA (US);
Meredith June Morris, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Andrew David Wilson, Seattle, WA (US);
F. David Jones, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen E. Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Redmond, WA (US);
David Alexander Butler, Cambridge, GB;
Ian M. Sands, Seattle, WA (US);
V. Kevin Russ, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hrvoje Benko, Seattle, WA (US);
Shawn R. LeProwse, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;
William Ben Kunz, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects relate to detecting gestures that relate to a desired action, wherein the detected gestures are common across users and/or devices within a surface computing environment. Inferred intentions and goals based on context, history, affordances, and objects are employed to interpret gestures. Where there is uncertainty in intention of the gestures for a single device or across multiple devices, independent or coordinated communication of uncertainty or engagement of users through signaling and/or information gathering can occur.