Multitouch data fusion
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsWayne WESTERMAN, John ELIAS
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Abstract
A method for performing multi-touch (MT) data fusion is disclosed in which multiple touch inputs occurring at about the same time are received to generating first touch data. Secondary sense data can then be combined with the first touch data to perform operations on an electronic device. The first touch data and the secondary sense data can be time-aligned and interpreted in a time-coherent manner. The first touch data can be refined in accordance with the secondary sense data, or alternatively, the secondary sense data can be interpreted in accordance with the first touch data. Additionally, the first touch data and the secondary sense data can be combined to create a new command.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a first sensing device configured to generate first gesture data;
- one or more second sensing devices configured to generate gaze data;
- and
- a processor coupled to the first sensing device and the one or more second sensing devices, the processor programmed to
- process the first gesture data to detect a hand gesture being performed by a first hand,
- process the gaze data to determine that a gaze is directed to a displayed object, and
- in accordance with a determination that the gaze is directed to the displayed object, process the hand gesture in accordance with the gaze data to perform one or more operations on the electronic device, the one or more operations related to the displayed object at which the gaze is directed.
A method, comprising:
- at an electronic device in communication with a display:
- receiving first gesture data from a first sensing device;
- receiving gaze data from one or more second sensing devices;
- processing the first gesture data to detect a hand gesture being performed by a first hand;
- processing the gaze data to determine that a gaze is directed to a displayed object, and
- in accordance with a determination that the gaze is directed to the displayed object, processing the hand gesture in accordance with the gaze data to perform one or more operations on the electronic device, the one or more operations related to the displayed object at which the gaze is directed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.