Apple wins patent on Kinect-like depth mapping technology for 3D gesture interfaces

Apple wins patent on Kinect-like depth mapping technology for 3D gesture interfaces:



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Apple Patents Learning Computer Vision For Gesture Control | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Reports:

Apple has a new patent (via AppleInsider) for 3D gesture control, specifically describing the tech used to help a computer identify hand motions made by a user. The patent goes into detail about how the system can not only recognize gestures, but learn them so well that it can even spot them when part of the hand making the gesture is blocked or not visible by the camera, leading to greater accuracy overall.

Apple Patents Learning Computer Vision For Gesture Control | TechCrunch:

Apple patent points to in-air 3D gesture UI for Apple TV, Mac and beyond

Apple patent points to in-air 3D gesture UI for Apple TV, Mac and beyond:



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BMW Shows Off Gesture Controls And Automated Parking | TechCrunch

Another car manufacturer is looking at gesture controls:



BMW Shows Off Gesture Controls And Automated Parking | TechCrunch: "BMW is showing off a bunch of new or new-ish technologies this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. On the just-announced side, there are in-development gesture-based controls — so, thanks to an in-car camera, you may soon be able to draw circles in the air to adjust the volume of your music, or point in a certain way to answer a phone call."



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VW Debuts The Golf R Touch With All-Touchscreen User Interface, Gesture Control | TechCrunch

VW Debuts The Golf R Touch With All-Touchscreen User Interface, Gesture Control | TechCrunch: "VW built two interesting additional innovations into this car. Hold up your open hand for two seconds and a Kinect like gesture control pops up (including a ghost image of your hand) that lets you control all of the car’s features without even touching a screen. And using VW’s multi-touch sliders, you can put one to three fingers on the screen and, depending on how many fingers you’re using, you can control the radio’s volume or set the ambient light (this looks to be a pretty customizable feature). All of this comes with haptic feedback, too."



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"Google" Gesture concept (sign language real time translation)

This does not seems to be an official Google product, but still this is a nice idea, presented well:

Google Gesture from August Östberg on Vimeo.

New design of Thelmic Myo

TechCrunch reports:

Waterloo-based startup Thalmic is getting close to shipping its final consumer version of the Myo gesture control armband, which slips onto the forearm and can detect electrical impulses sent through your arm’s muscle tissue to translate those signals to various types of computerized input via Bluetooth.

Developer version could be pre-ordered for just $149.