Gesture Control Archives - Gizmochina

Tongue Gestures? Microsoft’s Future Products may Redefine Gesture Control (Or Not)

Anubhav — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:14:50 +0000

Forget about hand gestures, Microsoft has its tongue out at Apple! This isn’t the last pun you’ll read in this article. It’s been a while since Apple unveiled the Vision Pro, running on the VisionOS. Now, VisionOS boasts impressive in-air hand controls, but Microsoft’s patent is proposing a whole new input method – tongue gestures.

With machine learning, the intertial sensor would learn to pick up tongue movements

Yes, you read that right. Microsoft’s patent depicts a future where you control your computer or applications using your tongue. This futuristic patent, reported by Patently Apple, could even be used for typing on a virtual keyboard. The patent acknowledges limitations of current hands-free methods like voice recognition and eye tracking. Their solution? Capitalizing on the precision of the user’s tongue.

The patent details how an inertial sensor would pick up tongue movements, which would then be interpreted by the system. Machine learning would play a role too, with the system being trained to recognize specific tongue gestures. One example describes a user interacting with a virtual keyboard. By scanning letters with their eyes, gaze tracking would identify the intended letter and highlight it. A specific tongue gesture, like a tap on the upper teeth, would then enter that letter. Another gesture, like a tap on the left cheek, could be used for backspacing.

This technology is still in the patent stage, but it exhibits into how big companies like Microsoft are spending huge amounts of money on their R&D divisions to shape the future of human-computer interaction. It might seem strange now, but who knows? Maybe future generations will be tongue-tied to their devices in a whole new way (sorry).

RELATED:

(Via)

The post Tongue Gestures? Microsoft’s Future Products may Redefine Gesture Control (Or Not) appeared first on Gizmochina.

Huawei patents smartphone with rollable display and air gesture controls

Sean — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 10:44:54 +0000

A new patent from Huawei has revealed yet another smartphone that sports a rollable display. However, the aspect that sets it apart from the ones we have covered previously is the support for gesture controls.

According to a LetsGoDigital report, the Chinese tech giant filed a patent with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for a new method for a ‘controllable foldable display with haptic and sound effect.’ While we had reported on a recent patent that described a rollable display that wrapped around what appeared to be a futuristic Mate series device, this patent talks about a system that describes how this rollable screen can be rolled in and out.

The patent outlines a method that allows users to operate this rolling out or extending panel mechanism, through the use of touch movements (or hand gestures on the screen), which Huawei has subbed as “freehand gesture control.” To control the extendable display, a virtual slider will be displayed on the screen that lets users begin the rollout process. This system will also be paired with a haptic feedback system and a sound effect as well. Furthermore, the rollable smartphone’s support for freehand gesture control will be powered by a camera and/or a motion sensor.

Through this, the user can simply swipe right above the display to have it roll out and extend while swiping left would have the screen retract back to its original position. But this is just scratching the surface, as Huawei intends to allow users to even control the speed at which the display rolls out. So to achieve varying speeds as per user requirements, the brand plans on use a system that involves an ‘X’ number of the users’ fingers in the air. In simpler terms, the sensor recognizes two, three, four, or even five fingers and adjusts its speed accordingly.

Samsung patent reveals next-gen Gesture Controls for Foldable Smartphones

Jeet — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:10:53 +0000

Samsung has been working hard to make foldable smartphones mainstream by making them more affordable as the upcoming devices are expected to be priced lower than their predecessors. Apart from pricing, the features and functionalities also play a major role in making smartphones popular and Samsung has few tricks up its sleeves.

Earlier this month, the South Korean giant’s patent (via Patently Apple) revealed that Samsung could be working on a new foldable smartphone concept that uses special programmable function buttons and gestures. The illustrations filed along with the patent hints at the possible positioning of the button as well as the expansion of the feature to the flip-style phones.

While it’s not explicitly mentioned, the button is expected to be physical but they are implied by way of user gesture controls. Explaining this, Samsung says: “In one embodiment, the gesture input signal may be related to finger movements (for example, finger movement patterns). For example, a swipe gesture input signal may be generated through a swipe gesture.”

In another example, Samsung notes that the swipe gesture may be finger movements in the unfolded state of the electronic device involving touching a specific section of the first side surface 200c, moving in the positive y-axis direction or negative y-axis direction, and releasing. The swipe gesture enables key input signals to be sequentially generated through the first edge keys arranged on the first side surface 200c, and these key input signals may be recognized as a swipe gesture input signal.