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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Daimler Ag, Stuttgart, DE;
Marco Cartarius, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
Wiebeke Eide, Mountain View, CA (US);
Philipp Fischer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christian Lorenz, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Georg Reil, Vienna, AT;
Vera Schmidt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Erich Schoels, Stuttgart, DE;
Hartmut Sinkwitz, Heimsheim, DE;
Bernhard Straub, Starzach, DE;
Simon Zeilinger, Stuttgart, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method to control functions in a vehicle using gestures carried out in three-dimensional space. When it is determined that a first gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected by an image-based detection procedure, it is determined whether the first gesture is a gesture directed towards a virtual object superimposing a real environment around the vehicle. If it is determined that the first gesture has been detected, it is determined whether a second gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected by the image-based detection procedure. If so, it is determined whether the detected second gesture is a gesture allocated to a manipulation of the virtual object, and the virtual object is manipulated accordingly.