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US 12,572,215 · App. 18/658,065 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Electronic device, and method for preventing/reducing misrecognition of gesture in electronic device

Inventors: Seunghwan Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Yoonsu Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Soonkyu Jang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/017G06V40/28
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Patent No.
US 12,572,215
App. No.
18/658,065
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: at least one camera; a display; and a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to: in a first state in which a gesture for executing a function is recognizable, detect, using the camera module, a movement of an object to be recognized for a gesture; and based on identifying that a variation of the detected movement is less than a reference variation during a specified time period, display, on the display, that a recognition of a gesture is in progress, until before the recognition of the gesture is terminated.

Claims (47)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

at least one camera;

a display;

at least one processor comprising processor circuitry; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

detect a movement of a recognition object for a gesture through the at least one camera in a first state in which a gesture for executing a function is recognizable;

display that termination of recognition of a gesture is in progress on the display until the recognition of the gesture is terminated based on identifying that a variance in the detected movement is less than a reference variance for a specified time; and

terminate the recognition of the gesture based on a specific condition while displaying a progress of the recognition of the gesture.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

display information about a remaining time to the termination of the recognition of the gesture as an image.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

determine a motion recognition level representing recognition progress information about the gesture according to the movement based on detecting the movement of the recognition object through the at least one camera in the first state.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

determine that the detected movement is a movement different from the gesture being recognized or a movement not to increase a motion recognition level, and update the motion recognition level based on identifying that the variance in the detected movement is less than the reference variance for the specified time in the first state; and

visually display that the termination of the recognition of the gesture is in progress on the display, based on the updated motion recognition level, until the recognition of the gesture is terminated.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

determine to increase a motion recognition level, and update the motion recognition level based on identifying that the variance in the detected movement is greater than the reference variance in the first state; and

visually display progress of the recognition of the gesture on the display, based on the updated motion recognition level.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

lift the termination of the recognition of the gesture, and display progress of the recognition of the gesture while increasing a motion recognition level based on detecting the variance in the movement of the recognition object greater than the reference variance while displaying that the recognition of the gesture is in progress.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

display progress of the recognition of the gesture while increasing a motion recognition level based on identifying that the variance in the detected movement is greater than the reference variance in the first state; and

terminate the recognition of the gesture based on detecting a gesture set to terminate the recognition of the gesture while displaying the progress of the recognition of the gesture.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

display progress of the recognition of the gesture while increasing a motion recognition level based on identifying that the variance in the detected movement is greater than the reference variance in the first state; and

terminate the recognition of the gesture based on receiving a voice instruction to terminate the recognition of the gesture while displaying the progress of the recognition of the gesture.

9 . A method for preventing and/or reducing misrecognition of a gesture in an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting a movement of a recognition object for a gesture through at least one camera of the electronic device in a first state in which a gesture for executing a function is recognizable;

displaying that termination of recognition of a gesture is in progress on a display of the electronic device until the recognition of the gesture is terminated based on identifying that a variance in the detected movement is less than a reference variance for a specified time; and

terminating the recognition of the gesture based on a specific condition while displaying a progress of the recognition of the gesture.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining a motion recognition level representing recognition progress information about the gesture according to the movement based on detecting the movement of the recognition object through the at least one camera in the first state.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that the detected movement is a movement different from the gesture being recognized or a movement not to increase a motion recognition level and updating the motion recognition level based on identifying that the variance in the detected movement is less than the reference variance for the specified time in the first state; and

visually displaying that the termination of the recognition of a gesture is in progress on the display, based on the updated motion recognition level, until the recognition of the gesture is terminated.

12 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining to increase a motion recognition level and updating the motion recognition level based on identifying that the variance in the detected movement is greater than the reference variance in the first state; and

visually displaying progress of the recognition of the gesture on the display, based on the updated motion recognition level.

13 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

lifting the termination of the recognition of the gesture and displaying progress of the recognition of the gesture while increasing a motion recognition level based on detecting the variance in the movement of the recognition object greater than the reference variance while displaying that the recognition of the gesture is in progress.

14 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

displaying progress of the recognition of the gesture while increasing a motion recognition level based on identifying that the variance in the detected movement is greater than the reference variance in the first state; and

terminating the recognition of the gesture based on detecting a gesture set to terminate the recognition of the gesture while displaying the progress of the recognition of the gesture.

15 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

displaying progress of the recognition of the gesture while increasing a motion recognition level based on identifying that the variance in the detected movement is greater than the reference variance in the first state; and

terminating the recognition of the gesture based on receiving a voice instruction to terminate the recognition of the gesture while displaying the progress of the recognition of the gesture.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2024
From: CHOI, SEUNGHWAN; KIM, YOONSU; JANG, SOONKYU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067346/0911 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0176560 · Dec 10, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0000655 · Jan 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022017118 · Nov 3, 2022
Related Publication 20240295931A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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