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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
David Esteban Campillo, Madrid, ES;
David Luis Scarlatti Jimenez, Madrid, ES;
Nicolas Pena Ortiz, Madrid, ES;
Pablo Soriano Tapia, Madrid, ES;
David Esteban Campillo, Madrid, ES;
David Luis Scarlatti Jimenez, Madrid, ES;
Nicolas Pena Ortiz, Madrid, ES;
Pablo Soriano Tapia, Madrid, ES;
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A gesture-based human machine interface, for example, a user interface for controlling a program executing on a computer, and related method are provided. Gestures of the user are monitored and a response is provided that is based upon the detected gestures. An object is used to point to information displayed on a screen. The information displayed on the screen is modified in response to a determination of the position on the screen to which the object is pointing and in response to the distance of the object from the screen.