System and Method for Controlling a Vehicle User Interface Based on Gesture Angle

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing computer program instructions for controlling a component of a vehicle, the program instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform steps including:

• identifying a first component of the vehicle based on a first selecting input performed by the user within the vehicle;
• receiving a first data signal representing a gesture performed by the user, the gesture performed in a capture region inside the vehicle;
• performing gesture recognition on the first data signal to determine a first command for controlling the first identified component;
• identifying a second component of the vehicle based on a second selecting input performed by the user within the vehicle, the second identified component different from the first identified component;
• receiving a second data signal representing the same gesture performed by the user in the same capture region within the vehicle;
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• performing gesture recognition on the second data signal to determine a second command for controlling the second identified component, the second command different from the first command.

A vehicle-based computing system for controlling a component of the vehicle, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
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• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing computer program instructions, the program instructions when executed by the processors cause the processors to perform steps including:
• identifying a first component of the vehicle based on a first selecting input performed by the user within the vehicle;
• receiving a first data signal representing a gesture performed by the user, the gesture performed in a capture region inside the vehicle;
• performing gesture recognition on the first data signal to determine a first command for controlling the first identified component;
• identifying a second component of the vehicle based on a second selecting input performed by the user within the vehicle, the second identified component different from the first identified component;
• receiving a second data signal representing the same gesture performed by the user in the same capture region within the vehicle;
• performing gesture recognition on the second data signal to determine a second command for controlling the second identified component, the second command different from the first command.