# US 11,307,669 B2 · Electronic device, moving body, program and control method

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- Number: US 11,307,669 B2
- Document ID: US11307669B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/968,252
- Filed: 2019-02-07
- Published: 2020-11-26
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-14
- Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation
- Applicants: KYOCERA Corporation
- Inventors: Taro Iio; Yuya Yamaguchi; Ryohei Nakamura; Tsuneo Miyashita; Yasuhiro Ueno; Shigeki Tanabe; Hideki Morita; Isao Masuike; Koutaro Yamauchi; Manabu Sakuma
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307669B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)}
- B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
- B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10)
- G01C 21/3664: {Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures}
- G06F 3/0304: {Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042)}
- G06V 40/28: {Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language (static hand signs G06V40/113)}
- B60K 35/22: Display screens
- B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
- B60K 35/50: Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence)
- B60K 35/65: Instruments specially adapted for specific vehicle types or users, e.g. for left- or right-hand drive
- B60K 35/654: {the user being the driver}
- B60K 2360/1464: 3D-gesture
- B60K 2360/166: Navigation
- B60K 2360/741: Instruments adapted for user detection
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

## Abstract

Provided is an electronic device comprising a sensor configured to detect a gesture without touching an own device and a controller configured to determine a hand of a user used for operation according to a driver's seat position and determine, according to the hand of the user used for operation, a direction of the gesture based on an output from the sensor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device, comprising:
a sensor configured to detect a gesture without touching an own device; and
a controller configured to determine a hand of a user used for operation according to a driver's seat position and determine, according to the hand of the user used for operation, a direction of the gesture, based on an output from the sensor, the direction of the gesture being in any direction parallel to a surface of the sensor facing the user,
wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the driver's seat position is on a left side or a right side with respect to a forward traveling direction, determine the hand of the user used for operation according to whether the driver's seat position is on the left side or the right side with respect to the forward traveling direction, and change a detection range of the gesture by the sensor according to whether the driver's seat position is on the left side or the right side.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines a hand opposite the driver's seat position as the hand of the user used for operation.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the driver's seat position based on a direction in which a gesture is first detected after a power is supplied to the electronic device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the controller determines that the driver's seat position exists in the direction in which a gesture is first detected.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines a determination criterion for determining a direction of the gesture according to the hand of the user used for operation, and determines the direction of the gesture using the determined determination criterion.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the controller determines, when the hand of the user used for operation is a right hand, a direction of the gesture using a right hand determination criterion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the controller determines, when the hand of the user used for operation is a left hand, a direction of the gesture using a left hand determination criterion.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A moving body comprising an electronic device according to claim 1.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The moving body communicably connected with the electronic device according to claim 1.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the hand of the user used for operation is a left hand or a right hand of the user according to the driver's seat position and determine, according to whether the hand of the user used for operation is the left hand or the right hand, the direction of the gesture, based on the output from the sensor.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein
when the controller determines the hand of the user used for operation is the left hand of the user, the controller determines the direction of the gesture using a left hand determination criterion, and
when the controller determines the hand of the user used for operation is the right hand of the user, the controller determines the direction of the gesture using a right hand determination criterion, the left hand determination criterion being different than the right hand determination criterion.

### Claim 12

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer program instructions, which when executed by an electronic device comprising a sensor configured to detect a gesture without touching an own device and a controller, cause the electronic device to:
determine a hand of a user used for operation according to a driver's seat position;
determine, according to the hand of the user used for operation, a direction of the gesture based on an output from the sensor, the direction of the gesture being in any direction parallel to a surface of the sensor facing the user; and
determine whether the driver's seat position is on a left side or a right side with respect to a forward traveling direction, determine the hand of the user used for operation according to whether the driver's seat position is on the left side or the right side with respect to the forward traveling direction, and change a detection range of the gesture by the sensor according to whether the driver's seat position is on the left side or the right side.

### Claim 13

A control method performed by an electronic device comprising a sensor configured to detect a gesture without touching an own device and a controller, the method comprising the steps of:
determining a hand of a user used for operation according to a driver's seat position;
determining, according to the hand of the user used for operation, a direction of the gesture based on an output from the sensor, the direction of the gesture being in any direction parallel to a surface of the sensor facing the user; and
determining whether the driver's seat position is on a left side or a right side with respect to a forward traveling direction, determining the hand of the user used for operation according to whether the driver's seat position is on the left side or the right side with respect to the forward traveling direction, and changing a detection range of the gesture by the sensor according to whether the driver's seat position is on the left side or the right side.