Gesture-based automotive controls

A vehicle comprising:

• a camera configured to record three-dimensional images of an interior portion of the vehicle;
• a plurality of controllable components;
• at least one processor;
• and
• data storage comprising:
• (i) a correlation between a plurality of predetermined gestures, in combination with a plurality of predetermined regions of the vehicle, and a plurality of functions, such that each gesture in the plurality of predetermined gestures, in combination with a particular region of the plurality of predetermined regions, is associated with a particular function in the plurality of functions, wherein the plurality of predetermined regions comprise a first region associated with a first controllable component of the plurality of controllable components and a second region associated with a second controllable component of the plurality of controllable components, and
• (ii) instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
• (a) record three-dimensional images of an interior portion of the vehicle,
• (b) based on the three-dimensional images, detect a given gesture and a position of the given gesture, wherein the given gesture corresponds to one of the plurality of predetermined gestures,
• (c) determine that the position of the given gesture corresponds to the first region rather than the second region,
• (d) responsive to determining that the position of the given gesture corresponds to the first region rather than the second region, select, based on the correlation, a function associated with the given gesture in combination with the first region, and
• (e) control the first controllable component based on the function.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform the functions of:

• maintaining a correlation between a plurality of predetermined gestures, in combination with a plurality of predetermined regions of a vehicle, and a plurality of functions, such that each gesture in the plurality of predetermined gestures, in combination with a particular region of the plurality of predetermined regions, is associated with a particular function in the plurality of functions, wherein the plurality of predetermined regions comprise a first region associated with a first controllable component of the plurality of controllable components and a second region associated with a second controllable component of the plurality of controllable components;
• recording three-dimensional images of an interior portion of the vehicle;
• based on the three-dimensional images, detecting a given gesture and a position of the given gesture, wherein the given gesture corresponds to one of the plurality of predetermined gestures and the given region corresponds to one of the plurality of predetermined regions;
• determining that the position of the given gesture corresponds to the first region rather than the second region;
• responsive to determining that the position of the given gesture corresponds to the first region rather than the second region, selecting, based on the correlation, a function associated with the given gesture in combination with the first region;
• and
• controlling the first controllable component of the vehicle based on the function.