IP Library Granted Patent US 12,184,964
Granted Patent B2
US 12,184,964 · App. 17/947,809 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Gesture control during video capture

Inventors: John W Nicholson (Rougemont, NC); Robert James Norton, Jr. (Rougemont, NC); Justin Ringuette (Morrisville, NC); Sandy Collins (Durham, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04N23/611G06F3/017G06T7/70H04N5/2628H04N23/698G06T2207/20132G06T2207/30196
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Patent No.
US 12,184,964
App. No.
17/947,809
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: capturing, utilizing at least one image capture device coupled to an information handling device, video image data of a user; identifying, utilizing a gesture detection system and within the video image data, a location of hands of the user in relation to a gesture zone; and performing, utilizing the gesture detection system and based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone, an action, wherein the producing the framed video stream comprises performing an action based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone. Other aspects are claimed and described.

Claims (30)

1. A method, comprising:

establishing, utilizing a gesture detection system, a gesture zone for a user, wherein the gesture zone comprises an area captured by at least one image capture device that is outside a field of view that is utilized within a transmitted video of the user, wherein the at least one image capture device comprises a wide field of view image capture device that captures image data having a wider field of view as compared to the field of view and wherein the gesture zone is established within an area of the wider field of view and outside the field of view;

capturing, utilizing the at least one image capture device coupled to an information handling device, video image data of a user, wherein the video image data comprises video image data within the area of the wider field of view and the field of view;

identifying, utilizing the gesture detection system and within the video image data, a location of hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone; and

performing, utilizing the gesture detection system and based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone, an action.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing an action comprises performing a function associated with a gesture performed within the gesture zone.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising establishing a gesture zone based upon a configuration of the at least one image capture device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the establishing comprises cropping the video image data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gesture zone is defined by the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising transmitting a video stream to at least one participant remote from the user, wherein the video stream excludes the gesture zone.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the video stream is generated utilizing an extended auto-framing technique to exclude the gesture zone.

8. A system, the system comprising:

at least one image capture device;

a processor operatively coupled to the at least one image capture device;

a memory device that stores instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the system to:

establish, utilizing a gesture detection system, a gesture zone for a user, wherein the gesture zone comprises an area captured by the at least one image capture device that is outside a field of view that is utilized within a transmitted video of the user, wherein the at least one image capture device comprises a wide field of view image capture device that captures image data having a wider field of view as compared to the field of view and wherein the gesture zone is established within an area of the wider field of view and outside the field of view,

capture, utilizing the at least one image capture device, video image data of a user, wherein the video image data comprises video image data within the area of the wider field of view and the field of view;

identify, utilizing a gesture detection system and within the video image data, a location of hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone; and

perform, utilizing the gesture detection system and based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone, an action.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the performing an action comprises performing a function associated with a gesture performed within the gesture zone.

10. The system of claim 8 , comprising establishing a gesture zone based upon a configuration of the at least one image capture device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the establishing comprises cropping the video image data.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the gesture zone is defined by the user.

13. The system of claim 8 , comprising transmitting a video stream to at least one participant remote from the user, wherein the video stream excludes the gesture zone.

14. A product, the product comprising:

a computer-readable storage device that stores executable code that, when executed by the processor, causes the product to:

establish, utilizing a gesture detection system, a gesture zone for a user, wherein the gesture zone comprises an area captured by at least one image capture device that is outside a field of view that is utilized within a transmitted video of the user, wherein the at least one image capture device comprises a wide field of view image capture device that captures image data having a wider field of view as compared to the field of view and wherein the gesture zone is established within an area of the wider field of view and outside the field of view;

capture, utilizing the at least one image capture device coupled to an information handling device, video image data of a user, wherein the video image data comprises video image data within the area of the wider field of view and the field of view;

identify, utilizing a gesture detection system and within the video image data, a location of hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone; and

perform, utilizing the gesture detection system and based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone, an action.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
Reel/Frame 062078/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: NICHOLSON, JOHN W; NORTON, ROBERT JAMES, JR.; RINGUETTE, JUSTIN; COLLINS, SANDY
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 061139/0649 →
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