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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Francis Bernard MacDougall, Milton, CA;
Shaun William Van Dyken, San Diego, CA (US);
Evan Robert Hildreth, Thornhill, CA;
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00355 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06K 9/4647 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus and methods for determining a gesture are presented. According to some aspects, disclosed are systems, apparatus and methods for determining a gesture that compares different images and deduces a direction and/or distance based on a relative size change of a palm in the different images. After a reference palm size is registered, subsequent palm sizes are compared to the reference to determine if and/or how much the hand is moving. The hand gesture is determined based on these relative changes in hand movement.