Electronic device control based on gestures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9304592-B2
Application number	US-94534610-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2010
Priority date	Nov 12, 2010
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods for electronic device control based on gestures are provided. A particular method includes sending a menu from a gesture controller to a display device. The menu includes selectable options to control at least one electronic device. The method includes detecting a first user gesture at the gesture controller in response to three dimensional (3D) image data obtained from a gesture camera. The method includes determining at least one command for one or more electronic devices at the gesture controller based on the first user gesture and based on the menu. The method also includes sending the at least one command from the gesture controller to the one or more electronic devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a processor;
an image sensor configured to send image data to the processor; and
an interface coupled to the processor and configured to communicate with a device,
wherein the processor is configured to:
initiate a first control session in response to detecting a first recognized initiate gesture performed by a first authorized user, wherein during the first control session, the processor is configured to:
detect a first gesture…

Assignees

• Friedman Lee G
• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Friedman Lee G

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/306

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/017 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic