公开(公告)号：US10067564B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-04

申请号：US14823685

申请日：2015-08-11

Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Inventor： Lanny S. Smoot ,  Michael P. Goslin ,  Daniel James Reetz ,  Joseph L. Olson

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06T11/20 ,  G06T7/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  A44C5/00

Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an arm band that captures sensor data used to identify hand gestures. When worn on the arm, the arm band permits a computing device to identify different gestures made by the hand. In one embodiment, the band measures a change in position of the tendons that control the positions of the fingers on the hand which can then be correlated to a particular hand gesture. For example, the thickness of the user's arm increases in a direction perpendicular to the palm of the hand when the fingers are extended relative to the thickness of the arm when the fingers are curled into the palm of the hand. By detecting this change in thickness, the computing device can distinguish between different gestures.