Samsung Patent | Gesture sensing method and electronic device supporting same

Patent: Gesture sensing method and electronic device supporting same

Publication Number: 20180329501

Publication Date: 2018-11-15

Applicants: Samsung

Abstract

A gesture sensing method of an electronic device, according to various examples of the present invention, can comprise an operation of sensing an object, determining a motion of the object, determining a gesture type corresponding to the motion of the object, activating a sensor for sensing a gesture corresponding to the gesture type according to the determined gesture type, and sensing the gesture through the activated sensor. An electronic device according to any one among various examples of the present invention can comprise: a sensor unit for sensing a an object and a motion of the object through at least one sensor, a camera module for photographing the object and the motion of the object through the at least one sensor, and a control unit configured to sense the object, determine the motion of the object, determine the gesture type corresponding to the motion of the object, activate the sensor for sensing the gesture corresponding to the gesture type according to the determined gesture type, and sense the gesture through the activated sensor. Other examples are possible.

Background

An electronic device means a device performing a specific function according to a program launched in a home appliances, electronic notebook, portable multimedia player, mobile communication terminal, tablet PC, video/sound device, desktop/laptop computer, and vehicle navigation device. For example, such electronic devices can output a sound or a video by using stored information. As the integrity of an electronic device becomes higher and super high speed/high-capacity communication is wide spread, various functions are launched in the electronic device.

As one of various functions, the electronic device receives through various sensors as an input of the electronic device at least one intentional movement of an external object (e.g., a part of a human body such as a finger, palm, and back of hand or a stylus pen) (hereinafter, “gesture”), and recognizes the movement as an original user intention.