Method for recognizing an input

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11163368-B2
Application number	US-201916423442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2019
Priority date	Jun 6, 2018
Publication date	Nov 2, 2021
Grant date	Nov 2, 2021

Abstract

Methods for recognizing an input of a person with a sensor, wherein the input is recognized by the sensor by at least one gesture of the person assigned to the input, wherein a first gesture for sensing the input is applied, said gesture being sensed by the sensor, wherein a functionality of the sensor for sensing the first gesture is checked, wherein, in the event that the functionality for recognizing the first gesture is not given, alternatively a second gesture is selected and assigned to the input, wherein a switch is made from the first gesture to the second gesture for recognizing the input by the sensor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for recognizing an input of a person comprising:
a sensor,
wherein the input is recognized by the sensor by at least one gesture of the person assigned to the input, wherein a first gesture for sensing the input is applied, said gesture being sensed by the sensor, wherein a functionality of the sensor for sensing the first gesture is checked, wherein it is determined on the basis of a contamination of the sensor whether or not the functionality of the sensor for sensing the first gesture is given, wherein, in the event that the functionality for recognizing the first gesture is not given, alternatively a second gesture is selected that is or will be assigned to the same input, wherein a switch is automatically made from the first gesture to the second gesture such that the same input is recognized by the sensor by the second gesture instead of by the first gesture, and wherein the second gesture is an alternative gesture that is different from the first gesture, and wherein, when the switch is made, the first gesture is switched to an inactive mode and the second gesture is switched to an active mode.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor generates a signal upon sensing the first gesture, wherein a first signal is assigned to the first gesture, wherein a quality of the signal generated is controlled by comparison with the first signal, the quality of the signal generated being used to determine whether or not the functionality of the sensor for sensing the first gesture is given.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the second gesture is defined, wherein a second signal is assigned to the second gesture.

4. A system for recognizing an input of a person comprising:
a sensor,
wherein the system has said sensor which is adapted to recognize the input by sensing at least one gesture of the person assigned to the input, wherein a first gesture for sensing the input must be applied, wherein the sensor is adapted to sense the first gesture, wherein the system is adapted to check a functionality of the sensor for sensing the first gesture, wherein the system is adapted to determine on the basis of a contamination of the sensor whether or not the functionality of the sensor for sensing the first gesture is given, wherein, in the event that the functionality for sensing the first gesture is not given, the system is adapted to alternatively select a second gesture for recognizing the same input, assign it to the input, and automatically make a switch from the first gesture to the second gesture such that the same input is recognized by the sensor by the second gesture instead of by the first gesture, and wherein the second gesture is an alternative gesture that is different from the first gesture, and wherein, when the switch is made, the first gesture is switched to an inactive mode and the second gesture is switched to an active mode.

5. The system according to claim 4 , which has a computing unit which is connected to the sensor, wherein the sensor is adapted to generate, in response to sensing a gesture, at least one signal assigned to the gesture and to transmit it to the computing unit.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the computing unit is adapted to control a quality of the at least one signal which is transmitted to it by the sensor and to decide based on the determined quality of the signal assigned to the first gesture, whether or not the functionality of the sensor for sensing the first gesture is given.

7. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the computing unit is adapted to select the second gesture and to switch the sensor from the first gesture to the second gesture for recognizing the input.

8. The system according to claim 4 , for a motor vehicle.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the computing unit is adapted to select the second gesture and to switch the sensor from the first gesture to the second gesture for recognizing the input.

10. The system according to claim 5 , for a motor vehicle.

11. The system according to claim 6 , for a motor vehicle.

12. The system according to claim 7 , for a motor vehicle.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Müller Frank

Classifications

• G06V40/20

  Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition (recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16) · CPC title

• G06V20/59

  inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions · CPC title

• G06V20/64

  Three-dimensional [3D] objects · CPC title

• G06F3/017 Primary

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/0304

  Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042) · CPC title