Hand gestures to signify what is important

In a wearable head-mounted display (HMD), a computer-implemented method comprising:

• making a determination that video data from a video camera of the wearable HMD includes a hand gesture of a thumb and forefinger of a particular hand forming a shape of a symbolic right angle moving from a first location to a second location in a field of view (FOV) of the wearable HMD;
• determining that the particular hand is associated with the wearable HMD via analysis of the video data including the hand gesture;
• determining a closed area in the FOV bounded by a rectangle having a first corner at a vertex of the symbolic right angle at the first location and a diagonally-opposite second corner at a vertex of the symbolic right angle at the second location;
• generating an image from the video data of a sub-FOV within the closed area;
• matching the shape of the symbolic right angle with a predetermined action associated with the image;
• and
• executing the predetermined action on a processor of the wearable HMD.

In a wearable head-mounted display (HMD), a computer-implemented method comprising:

• making a determination that video data from a video camera of the wearable HMD includes a hand gesture of a forefinger of a particular hand tracing a closed-loop shape in a field of view (FOV) of the wearable HMD;
• determining that the particular hand is associated with the wearable HMD via analysis of the video data including the hand gesture;
• determining a closed area in the FOV bounded by the closed-loop shape;
• generating an image from the video data of a sub-FOV within the closed area;
• responsive to both making the determination and generating the image, identifying a predetermined action associated with the image;
• and
• executing the predetermined action on a processor of the wearable HMD.

A wearable head-mounted display (HMD) comprising:

• a display device;
• a video camera;
• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• machine-readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wearable HMD to carry out functions including:
• making a determination that video data from the video camera includes a hand gesture forming an area bounded by two hands in a shape of a symbolic heart,
• determining that the two hands are associated with the wearable HMD via analysis of the video data including the hand gesture,
• generating an image from the video data, wherein the image includes the area bounded by the two hands,
• matching the shape of the symbolic heart with a predetermined action associated with the image,
• and executing the predetermined action on a processor of the wearable HMD.

A nontransitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by one or more processors of a wearable head-mounted display (HMD), cause the wearable HMD to carry out functions comprising:

• making a determination that video data from a video camera of the wearable HMD includes a hand gesture forming an area bounded by two hands in a shape of a symbolic heart;
• determining that the two hands are associated with the wearable HMD via analysis of the video data including the hand gesture;
• generating an image from the video data, wherein the image includes the area bounded by the two hands;
• matching the shape of the symbolic heart with a predetermined action associated with the image;
• and
• executing the predetermined action on a processor of the wearable HMD.

A wearable head-mounted display (HMD) comprising:

• a display device;
• a video camera;
• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• machine-readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wearable HMD to carry out functions including:
• making a determination that video data from the video camera includes a hand gesture of a thumb and forefinger of a particular hand forming a shape of a symbolic right angle moving from a first location to a second location in a field of view (FOV) of the wearable HMD,
• determining that the particular hand is associated with the wearable HMD via analysis of the video data including the hand gesture,
• determining a closed area in the FOV bounded by a rectangle having a first corner at a vertex of the symbolic right angle at the first location and a diagonally-opposite second corner at a vertex of the symbolic right angle at the second location,
• generating an image from the video data of a sub-FOV within the closed area,
• matching the shape of the symbolic right angle with a predetermined action associated with the image,
• and executing the predetermined action on a processor of the wearable HMD.

A nontransitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by one or more processors of a wearable head-mounted display (HMD), cause the wearable HMD to carry out functions comprising:

• making a determination that video data from a video camera of the wearable HMD includes a hand gesture of a thumb and forefinger of a particular hand forming a shape of a symbolic right angle moving from a first location to a second location in a field of view (FOV) of the wearable HMD;
• determining that the particular hand is associated with the wearable HMD via analysis of the video data including the hand gesture;
• determining a closed area in the FOV bounded by a rectangle having a first corner at a vertex of the symbolic right angle at the first location and a diagonally-opposite second corner at a vertex of the symbolic right angle at the second location;
• generating an image from the video data of a sub-FOV within the closed area;
• matching the shape of the symbolic right angle with a predetermined action associated with the image;
• and
• executing the predetermined action on a processor of the wearable HMD.

A wearable head-mounted display (HMD) comprising:

• a display device;
• a video camera;
• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• machine-readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wearable HMD to carry out functions including:
• making a determination that video data from the video camera includes a hand gesture of a forefinger of a particular hand tracing a closed-loop shape in a field of view (FOV) of the wearable HMD,
• determining that the particular hand is associated with the wearable HMD via analysis of the video data including the hand gesture,
• determining a closed area in the FOV bounded by the closed-loop shape,
• generating an image from the video data of a sub-FOV within the closed area,
• responsive to both making the determination and generating the image, identifying a predetermined action associated with the image,
• and executing the predetermined action on a processor of the wearable HMD.

A nontransitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by one or more processors of a wearable head-mounted display (HMD), cause the wearable HMD to carry out functions comprising:

• making a determination that video data from a video camera of the wearable HMD includes a hand gesture of a forefinger of a particular hand tracing a closed-loop shape in a field of view (FOV) of the wearable HMD;
• determining that the particular hand is associated with the wearable HMD via analysis of the video data including the hand gesture;
• determining a closed area in the FOV bounded by the closed-loop shape;
• generating an image from the video data of a sub-FOV within the closed area;
• responsive to both making the determination and generating the image, identifying a predetermined action associated with the image;
• and
• executing the predetermined action on a processor of the wearable HMD.