Camera Gesture Control via Viewfinder Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current information handling devices lack a seamless way to control integrated cameras or perform image processing operations using gesture inputs, requiring users to break their camera usage and switch to graphical or touch interfaces for adjustments, which is non-intuitive and disrupts the user experience.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method that recognizes predetermined gestures, such as a corner gesture formed by holding hands in an 'L' pattern, to control camera functions and perform image processing operations directly on the display without interrupting the user's camera usage, allowing for actions like panning, rotating, zooming, and capturing images through additional gesture inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users use graphical or touch interfaces to control camera functions, then device functionality is accessible, but user experience is disrupted and operation becomes non-intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges camera control functionality directly into the camera viewfinder interface by recognizing hand gestures within the camera feed itself. Users can control camera functions such as capturing images, adjusting focus, and changing zoom levels through gestures performed in front of the camera, eliminating the need to switch between separate control interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the camera's own captured image data to recognize and interpret hand gestures for controlling camera functions. The camera serves dual purposes: capturing the scene and simultaneously detecting user gestures within that same visual field, making the control mechanism self-contained and intuitive.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users switch to graphical interfaces for image processing operations, then detailed control is available, but seamless camera usage is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines image processing controls directly within the camera interface by recognizing gestures in the camera feed. Users can perform operations such as cropping, rotating, and adjusting image parameters through gestures performed in the camera viewfinder, maintaining continuous camera usage while accessing detailed image processing capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system serves multiple functions simultaneously: capturing images, detecting hand gestures for control, and processing images all within a single integrated interface. This multi-functional approach allows users to switch between different camera functions and image processing operations without leaving the camera application.
3Measurement precision
If traditional input methods are used for gesture control, then device compatibility is maintained, but gesture recognition precision is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the camera's own captured image data to recognize and interpret hand gestures for controlling camera functions. The camera serves dual purposes: capturing the scene and simultaneously detecting user gestures within that same visual field, making the control mechanism self-contained and intuitive.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously processes camera feed images to detect hand gestures and provides real-time feedback by responding to gesture actions within the same camera interface. This feedback loop enables precise gesture recognition and control without requiring additional sensors or complex external processing systems.
Data Source
AI summary
An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving at a sensor of an information handling device image input; determining, using one or more processors, a predetermined gesture within the image input; capturing additional gesture input associated with the predetermined gesture; and processing an image rendered on a display device according to the additional gesture input associated with the predetermined gesture. Other embodiments are described and claimed.