System and method for point, select and transfer hand gesture based user interface

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for a point, select and transfer hand gesture based user interface having instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

• capturing a depth image of a hand gesture using an in-front camera substantially on a frame by frame basis within a predefined interaction volume and wherein the in-front camera is substantially disposed around a display device and wherein the display device is designed to display a plurality of select options;
• finding a nearest point of the hand gesture to a display screen of the display device using a substantially nearest depth value in the captured depth image for each frame;
• performing an image-to-screen mapping of the captured depth image and the found nearest point to the display screen upon validating the found nearest point as associated with the hand for each frame;
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• pointing and selecting one of the plurality of displayed select options on the display screen of the display device when the substantially nearest depth value is within one or more predetermined threshold values or ranges, and based on the outcome of the image-to-screen mapping.

A system for a point, select and transfer hand gesture based user interface, comprising:

• a processor;
• a display device having a display screen and coupled to the processor, wherein the display device is configured to display a plurality of select options;
• an in-front camera disposed substantially around the display device;
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• memory operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes a point, select and transfer hand gesture based user interface module having instructions capable of:
• capturing a depth image of a hand gesture using the in-front camera substantially on a frame by frame basis within a predefined interaction volume and wherein the in-front camera is substantially disposed around a display device and wherein the display device is designed to display a plurality of select options;
• finding a nearest point of the hand gesture to a display screen of the display device using a substantially nearest depth value in the captured depth image for each frame;
• performing an image-to-screen mapping of the captured depth image and the found nearest point to the display screen upon validating the found nearest point as associated with the hand for each frame;
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• pointing and selecting one of the plurality of displayed select options on the display screen of the display device when the substantially nearest depth value is within one or more predetermined threshold values or ranges, and based on the outcome of the image-to-screen mapping.