US 2010/0149090 A1 · GESTURES, INTERACTIONS, AND COMMON GROUND IN A SURFACE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

Gestures, interactions, and common ground in a surface computing environment

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsMeredith June Morris, Eric J. Horvitz, Andrew David Wilson, F. David Jones, Stephen E. Hodges, Kenneth P. Hinckley, David Alexander Butler, Ian M. Sands, V. Kevin Russ, Hrvoje Benko, Shawn R. LeProwse, Shahram Izadi, William Ben Kunz

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Abstract

Aspects relate to detecting gestures that relate to a desired action, wherein the detected gestures are common across users and/or devices within a surface computing environment. Inferred intentions and goals based on context, history, affordances, and objects are employed to interpret gestures. Where there is uncertainty in intention of the gestures for a single device or across multiple devices, independent or coordinated communication of uncertainty or engagement of users through signaling and/or information gathering can occur.

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Dependent claims

A system that facilitates implementation of actions in a surface computing environment, comprising:

a tracking component that recognizes at least one gesture and distinguishes the gesture from one or more common gestures;
a recognition component that provides an indication that the at least one gesture is recognized;
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an implementation component that executes an action automatically or after confirmation of an interpretation of the at least one gesture.

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