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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ilya K. Veygman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for gesture determination (e.g., discerning complex gestures) via an electronic system (e.g., a gesture sensing system) including an array of optical sensors is described herein. The method includes detecting a plurality of sub-gestures (e.g., simple gestures provided by a target located proximate to the system) via the array of optical sensors. The sensors generate signals based upon the detected (e.g., received) sub-gestures and transmit the signals to a processor of the gesture sensing system. The processor processes the signals to obtain data associated with the sub-gestures and analyzes the sub-gesture data to determine if the sub-gestures collectively constitute a gesture (e.g., complex gesture). When the analyzing indicates that the sub-gestures collectively constitute a complex gesture, the gesture sensing system detects the complex gesture.