User interface and method for signaling a 3D-position of an input means in the detection of gestures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9956878-B2
Application number	US-201415124291-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2014
Priority date	Mar 7, 2014
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

In a user interface and to a method for signaling a position of an input mechanism with respect to an area for 3D gesture detection for a user interface, the method includes the following steps: input mechanism of a user are detected in the area for 3D gesture detection, and the position of the input mechanism is signaled by an indicator in the area of the edge of a display unit of the user interface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for signaling a position of an input mechanism with regard to a region for 3D-detection of gestures for a user interface, comprising:
detecting the input mechanism of a user in the region for 3D-gesture detection; and
signaling the position of the input mechanism by an item of information in a region of edges of a display unit of the user interface.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a change in a position of the input mechanism with respect to a first coordinate, and in response thereto:
modifying the position of the information in a region of horizontal edges of the display unit.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a change in a position of the input mechanism with respect to a second coordinate, and in response thereto:
modifying the position of the information in a region of vertical edges of the display unit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a change in a position of the input mechanism with respect to a third coordinate, and in response thereto:
modifying a design of the information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the modification of the design of the information relates to transparency, an extension along a respective edge, edge focus, and/or color.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the position of the information with respect to boundaries of the edges of the display unit substantially behaves according to a position of the input mechanism with respect to boundaries of the region for 3D-gesture detection.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the items of information are displayed on the display unit of the user interface.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the items of information are displayed on separate illumination devices next to the display unit of the user interface.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting the input mechanism of a second user in the region for 3-D gesture detection, and in response thereto:
modifying a design of the items of information.

10. A user interface, comprising:
a display unit;
a sensor system; and
an evaluation unit;
wherein the sensor system is adapted to detect an input mechanism for 3D-gesture control; and
wherein the evaluation unit is adapted to signal a position of the input mechanism by an item of information in a region of edges of the display unit.

11. The user interface according to claim 10 , further comprising additional illumination devices and/or bar-type illumination elements, located along respective edges of the display, adapted to signal the items of information.

12. The user interface according to claim 10 , wherein the user interface is adapted to perform the method recited in claim 1 .

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions that when executed by an evaluation unit of a user interface that includes a display unit, a sensor system, and the evaluation unit, the sensor system adapted to detect an input mechanism for 3D-gesture control, the evaluation unit adapted to signal a position of the input mechanism by an item of information in a region of edges of the display unit, perform the method recited in claim 1 .

14. A user terminal, comprising the user interface recited in claim 10 .

15. The user terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the user terminal is arranged as a wireless communications device, a tablet PC, and/or a smartphone.

16. A transportation device, comprising the user interface recited in claim 10 .

17. The transportation device according to claim 16 , wherein the transportation device is arranged as a vehicle.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag
• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Wild Holger
• Czelnik Mark Peter

Classifications

• 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

• G06F3/0487

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title

• B60K37/06 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• B60K2350/1052

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic