Command of a device by gesture emulation of touch gestures
AssigneeMovea
InventorsDavid Gomez, Hubertus M.R. Cortenraad
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Abstract
A user to machine interface emulates a touch interface on a screen. The interface is configured for operating in a touch emulation mode based on a triggering event. A triggering event may be a rotation around a first axis of an angle higher than a first threshold. Analysis of the amount of rotation around a second axis may be used to determine the number of fingers defining a specific touch gesture. An infinite variety of touch gestures may therefore be emulated by a remote control based on application context thus allowing for multiple uses of the touch screen machine from a distance.
Claims19
A user to machine interface comprising:
- at least a remote control with motion sensing capabilities,
- a communication link between the remote control and the machine, and
- processing capabilities for processing the motion signals from said motion sensing capabilities,
- said processing capabilities being further configured for initiating a touch emulation mode based on a triggering event, recognizing at least a gesture of a user with a remote control, and passing an output of said recognition to an operating system of the machine.
A method of operating a user to machine interface comprising:
- moving in space by at least a user a remote control with motion sensing capabilities,
- using a communication link between the remote control and the machine, and
- processing signals from the motion sensing capabilities,
- said method further comprising initiating a touch emulation mode based on a triggering event, recognizing a gesture imparted by a user to a remote control, and passing an output of said recognition to an operating system of the machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.