Control system for a gesture sensing arrangement and method for controlling a gesture sensing arrangement
AssigneeAms AG
InventorsPeter TRATTLER, Josef KRIEBERNEGG, Dan JACOBS, Christian MAUTNER
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Abstract
A control system for a gesture sensing arrangement with at least one sensor operates the sensor in a proximity mode. The control system receives data sets generated by the sensor and based on these data sets determines whether an object is present in a vicinity of the sensor. When an object is detected in the vicinity the control system operates the sensor in a gesture mode. Based on further data generated by the sensor the control system determines an end of a gesture, and operates the sensor in the proximity mode.
Claims20
A control system for a gesture sensing arrangement with at least one sensor, the sensor designed to send and detect light and to generate data sets from the detected light, the control system designed to
- operate the sensor in a proximity mode;
- determine a presence of an object in a predetermined vicinity of the sensor from a data set generated by the sensor while operating in the proximity mode;
- when the presence of the object has been determined, operate the sensor in a gesture mode, wherein the power consumption of the sensor is lower in the proximity mode than in the gesture mode;
- determine an end of a gesture, based on one or more data sets received from the sensor while operating in the gesture mode;
- when the end of a gesture is determined operate the sensor in the proximity mode.
A method for controlling a gesture sensing arrangement with at least one sensor, the sensor designed to send and detect light and to generate data sets from the detected light, wherein the method comprises
- operating the sensor in a proximity mode;
- determining a presence of an object in a predetermined vicinity of the sensor based on a data set generated by the sensor while operating in the proximity mode;
- operating the sensor in a gesture mode when the presence of the object has been determined, wherein the power consumption of the sensor is lower in the proximity mode than in the gesture mode;
- determining an end of a gesture, based on one or more data sets received from the sensor while operating in the gesture mode;
- operating the sensor in the proximity mode when the end of a gesture is determined.
A control system for a gesture sensing arrangement with at least one sensor, the control system designed to
- operate the sensor in a proximity mode;
- when the presence of an object has been determined during the proximity mode, operate the sensor in a gesture mode, wherein the power consumption of the sensor is lower in the proximity mode than in the gesture mode;
- when an end of a gesture is determined during the gesture mode, operate the sensor in the proximity mode.
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