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US 9,104,243 · App. 14/144,436 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Vehicle operation device

Inventor: Dongsoo Shin (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
G06F3/017H04L9/32H04L9/3244
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Patent No.
US 9,104,243
App. No.
14/144,436
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle operation device is provided, including: a gesture sensor configured to sense a user's hand to generate image information, and a gesture recognizer configured to recognize a gesture by using the image information and generate feature information of the recognized gesture. A controller is configured to generate vehicle state information by sensing a vehicle state and perform a control operation corresponding to the feature information, in which the gesture recognizer determines whether the gesture or the vehicle state correspond to a gesture cancellation condition by using the image information and the vehicle state information and initializes a recognition operation of the gesture when the gesture or the vehicle state corresponds to the gesture cancellation condition.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle operation device, comprising:

a gesture sensor configured to sense a user's hand to generate image information;

a gesture recognizer configured to recognize a gesture by using the image information and generate feature information of the recognized gesture; and

a controller configured to generate vehicle state information by sensing a vehicle state and perform a control operation corresponding to the feature information,

wherein the gesture recognizer determines whether the gesture or the vehicle state correspond to a predetermined gesture cancellation condition by using the image information and the vehicle state information, and initializes a recognition operation of the gesture when the gesture or the vehicle state corresponds to the gesture cancellation condition during the recognition operation, such that generation of a feature information by the cancelled recognition operation may be prevented.

2. The vehicle operation device of claim 1 , wherein:

the gesture sensor includes at least one of a camera capturing an image of the user's hand and a sensor sensing a motion of the hand.

3. The vehicle operation device of claim 1 , wherein:

the gesture recognizer detects the hand from the image information and tracks a motion of the detected hand to recognize the gesture.

4. The vehicle operation device of claim 3 , wherein:

the gesture recognizer tracks the motion of the hand depending on whether a pattern of the detected hand satisfies a detection condition.

5. The vehicle operation device of claim 4 , wherein:

the detection condition includes a gesture input pattern which activates a gesture input mode.

6. The vehicle operation device of claim 3 , wherein:

the gesture recognizer generates a trajectory corresponding to the motion of the hand and recognizes the gesture depending on whether the trajectory of the hand satisfies a gesture recognition condition.

7. The vehicle operation device of claim 6 , wherein:

the gesture recognition condition includes at least any one of a state in which the motion of the hand stops, a state in which the motion of the hand passes a predetermined period of time or more, and a state in which the gesture is input as an input completion pattern which inactivates the gesture input mode.

8. The vehicle operation device of claim 1 , wherein:

the gesture cancellation condition is at least any one of a situation in which the input of the gesture stops, a situation in which the gesture is input as an input cancellation pattern, a situation in which an operation of a physical button disposed in a vehicle is sensed, and a situation in which a driving environment of the vehicle is changed.

9. The vehicle operation device of claim 1 , wherein:

the gesture recognizer initializes a recognition operation of the gesture when the feature information is generated.

10. The vehicle operation device of claim 1 , wherein:

the gesture recognizer detects a specific hand pause of the user and recognizes the gesture with the detected hand pause.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: SHIN, DONGSOO
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 031892/0390 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0114057 · Sep 25, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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