Techniques for Context-Enhanced Confidence Adjustment for Gesture

A method comprising:

• at a gesture device, detecting a gesture constituting movements from a user in three-dimensional space;
• identifying one or more electronic commands associated with the gesture;
• generating a confidence score value associated for each of the one or more electronic commands;
• comparing each of the one or more electronic commands with a prior electronic command associated with a prior gesture previously detected by the gesture device to determine a compatibility metric for each of the electronic commands;
• adjusting the confidence score value for each of the electronic commands by the compatibility metric for each of the electronic commands to obtain a modified confidence score value for each of the electronic commands;
• determining whether the modified confidence score value for each of the electronic commands is greater than a predetermined threshold confidence score value;
• and
• executing one of the electronic commands when the one electronic command has a modified confidence score value that is above the predetermined threshold confidence score value and has a highest modified confidence score value of the modified confidence score for each of the electronic commands.

An apparatus comprising:

• a sensor array unit configured to detect a gesture constituting movements from a user in three-dimensional space;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the sensor array unit and the memory, and configured to:
• receive data for the gesture from the sensor array unit;
• identify a possible electronic command associated with the gesture;
• generate a confidence score value for the electronic command associated with the gesture;
• compare the electronic command associated with the gesture with a prior electronic command associated with a prior gesture previously detected to determine a compatibility metric between the electronic command and the prior electronic command;
• adjust the confidence score value based on the compatibility metric to obtain a modified confidence score value;
• and
• execute the electronic command when the modified confidence score value is greater than a predetermined threshold confidence score value.