Method and apparatus for recognizing gestures on a computer syst

Details Method and apparatus for recognizing gestures on a computer syst Method and apparatus for recognizing gestures on a computer syst

1995-06-05

1997-01-14

Boudreau, Leo

Image analysis

Pattern recognition

On-line recognition of handwritten characters

382186, 382202, G06K 900, G06K 918

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055948103

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for recognizing a gesture input on a display screen of a computer system. A stroke is input by a user on the screen, and the stroke is smoothed by reducing the number of points that define the stroke. The number of points are reduced by calculating a weighted position for a new point between two adjacent points that are within a threshold distance, and replacing a plurality of points that are separated by less than the threshold distance with the new point. The stroke is also normalized by dividing coordinates of the points by a scaling factor and storing selected points of the stroke in a prototype buffer. The normalized stroke is matched to one or more of a plurality of gesture prototypes by utilizing a correlation score that is calculated for each prototype. The gesture prototypes preferably include standard gestures having standardized shapes as well as gestures input by a user, and include bracket and pigtail gestures. An alternative embodiment determines whether the stroke is part of a multiple stroke gesture and, if so, adds the stroke to previously-entered strokes.

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