Active and Inactive Mode Transitions for User Input

    公开(公告)号:US20240402825A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18675723

    申请日:2024-05-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Processing gesture input includes obtaining hand tracking data for a first hand based on one or more camera frames, detecting a first input gesture by the first hand based on the hand tracking data, and determining whether the first hand is in an active state. An input action associated with the first gesture is initiated in accordance with a determination that the first hand is in the active state. If, while the hand is in an active state, a determination is made that the inactive criterion is satisfied, then the first hand is transitioned to an inactive state.

    TWO-HANDED GESTURE INTERPRETATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240385692A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-21

    申请号:US18641711

    申请日:2024-04-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods that interpret user activity, such as two hand gestures, as user interactions with virtual elements positioned within a three-dimensional (3D) space. For example, an example process may include receiving data corresponding to user activity involving two hands in a 3D coordinate system. The process may further include identifying actions performed by the two hands based on the data corresponding to the user activity, each of the two hands performing one of the identified actions. The process may further include determining whether the identified actions satisfy a criterion for a gesture type based on the data corresponding to the user activity. The process may further include interpreting the identified actions based on a reference element corresponding to the gesture type, wherein different gesture types correspond to different reference elements in accordance with determining that the identified actions satisfy the criterion for the gesture type.

    Sensing Force and Press Location in Absence of Touch Information

    公开(公告)号:US20190102031A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:US16143374

    申请日:2018-09-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed are electronic devices and methods of their operation that use force sensors to detect user applied forces on an input surface and determine their locations on the input surface, using only force sensors. The locations may be determined using weighted averages of the positions of the force sensors and their values. The methods may compare dynamically updated baseline force values to received force sensor values to distinguish user applied forces from changes in the force sensor values caused other sources. After detection of a user applied force, the baseline force values are frozen, and the force sensor values used to find the location on the input surface where the user applied the force. The electronic device can operate according to a state space model, with a first state in which there is no user applied force, and a second state in which there is user applied force.

    FUZZY HIT TESTING
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240411444A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18810881

    申请日:2024-08-21

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that associate user activities with user interface (UI) elements within a 3D environment. Some implementations do so in ways that account for inaccuracies (i.e., fuzziness) in sensor-based detection of the user activities, e.g., inaccuracy in sensor data-based gaze tracking or sensor data-based hand/joint position. Some implementations use a sampling technique to associate user activity in a 3D environment with an appropriate portion of a UI positioned within a 3D environment. For example, a sampling technique may be used to identify sample locations within the 3D environment (e.g., sample locations around a gaze direction) to evaluate and ultimately select from to associate with a user activity, e.g., associating a particular UI button with a gaze direction.

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