Apparatus and Method Pertaining to the Use of a Plurality of 3D Gesture Sensors to Detect 3D Gestures
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsJacek S. IDZIK, Peter MANKOWSKI, Cornel MERCEA
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Abstract
A device having at least two 3-dimensional gesture sensors that employ differing gesture-sensing modalities as compared to one another further includes a control circuit that operably couples to both of these 3-dimensional gesture sensors and employs both to detect three-dimensional gestures. By one approach the control circuit employs both sensors in a temporally-overlapping manner to reliably and accurately detect the 3D gesture. As another illustrative example, the control circuit may employ different sensors during different portions of a given 3D gesture to detect those corresponding portions of the 3D gesture.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first three-dimensional gesture sensor;
- at least a second three-dimensional gesture sensor, the first and second three-dimensional gesture sensors employing differing gesture-sensing modalities;
- a control circuit operably coupled to the first and second three-dimensional gesture sensors and configured to employ both the first and second three-dimensional gesture sensors to detect a three-dimensional gesture.
A method comprising:
- by a control circuit that is operably coupled to both a first three-dimensional gesture sensor and at least a second three-dimensional gesture sensor, the first and second three-dimensional gesture sensors employing differing gesture-sensing modalities:
- employing both the first and second three-dimensional gesture sensors to detect a three-dimensional gesture.
A non-transitory digital memory having computer instructions stored therein, the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, serving to cause the processor to employ both a first and second three-dimensional gesture sensor to detect a three-dimensional gesture, the first and second three-dimensional gesture sensors employing differing gesture-sensing modalities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.