User interface control of responsive devices
Inventors
Ang, Dexter W. • Cipoletta, David O • Karnes, Samuel J. • Kowalczyk, Michael P. • Patel, Salil H. • Trambert, Steven D.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-10627914-B2
Publication Date
2020-04-21
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Abstract
Among other things, a user interface device has a sensor configured to detect, at a wrist of a human, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with an intended contraction of a muscle to cause a rapid motion of a finger. An output provides information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with the intended contraction of the muscle to an interpreter of the information.
Core Innovation
A wrist worn user interface device detects, at a top surface of a wrist of a human, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with intended contractions and extensions of a muscle to cause a particular single gesture. The particular single gesture comprises repeated flicks up of only an index finger of the hand attached to the wrist, where each repeated flick has an extent less than 5 cm and a duration less than one-half second.
The device provides raw data representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals to an interpreter. The interpreter receives and interprets the raw data and provides an indication of the particular single gesture, and the indication is provided to a responsive device not located on the hand attached to the wrist to cause the responsive device to treat the indication as an invocation of a user interface control of a display.
A wrist-worn user interface device also detects nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with muscle activations intended to cause a first motion of the hand and a stationary hold. In the first motion, the hand rotation comprises a rotation of a palm relative to an elbow, and the stationary hold is activated during or at the end of the first motion. Based on the nerve or other tissue electrical signals, the interpreter provides a first indication and a second indication that drive a display action by rotating, in three-dimensional space, a displayed graphical element comprising a three-dimensional representation of an object, and continuing the rotating during at least a part of the stationary hold.
Claims Coverage
Two independent claims are identified. Each independent claim defines a wrist-worn sensor for nerve or other tissue electrical signals and an interpreter that converts those signals into indications for a responsive device not mounted on the hand, with display-based user interface control and three-dimensional graphical element rotation behavior.
Nerve or other tissue electrical signals for particular single index-finger flick gesture invocation
A wrist worn user interface device having a sensor configured to detect, at a top surface of a wrist of a human, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with intended contractions and extensions of a muscle to cause a particular single gesture comprising repeated flicks up of only an index finger of the hand attached to the wrist, with each flick having an extent less than 5 cm and a duration less than one-half second.
Interpreter indication treated as invocation of a display user interface control by a non-hand responsive device
The device provides raw data representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals, and the interpreter receives and interprets the raw data and provides an indication of the particular single gesture; the indication is provided to a responsive device not located on the hand attached to the wrist to cause the responsive device to treat the indication as an invocation of a user interface control of a display.
Nerve or other tissue electrical signals for palm rotation relative to elbow and stationary hold gesture control
A wrist-worn user interface device having a sensor configured to detect, at the top surface of a wrist of a human hand, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with activation of a muscle intended to cause a first motion of the hand, the first motion comprising rotation of a palm relative to an elbow, and activation of a muscle intended to cause, at a time during or at the end of the first motion, a stationary hold of the hand.
First and second interpreter indications to rotate a three-dimensional graphical element and continue rotating during stationary hold
The device provides information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals to an interpreter, and the interpreter receives and interprets the information to provide a first indication of the activation intended to cause the first motion comprising the palm rotation relative to the elbow, and a second indication of the activation intended to cause the stationary hold; the first indication causes an action on a display of a responsive device not mounted on the hand, the action comprising rotating, in three-dimensional space, a displayed graphical element comprising a three-dimensional representation of an object, and the second indication continues the rotating during at least a part of the stationary hold.
Across the independent claims, the invention centers on detecting nerve or other tissue electrical signals at the top surface of a human wrist, interpreting those signals into gesture or activation indications, and using those indications to control a responsive device not mounted on the hand to invoke a display user interface control and to rotate a three-dimensional graphical element, with continuation behavior during a stationary hold.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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