HAND GESTURE CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

A user-interface module co-operates with a processor/transmitter to form a control system that can remotely control a moving object in response to human hand gestures. The module includes at least one emitter element radiating energy and at least one sensor element monitoring energy reflected from a hand intercepting a portion of the radiated energy and gesturing in a manner to indicate desired control. The module sends a detected energy signal to at least one input channel of an RC processor/transmitter controlling the moving object. With a toy helicopter as the moving object, a single-channel module can enable RC of rotor speed and thus vertical travel and altitude proportional to hand height, enabling takeoff, hovering and landing. Additional RC channels can be incorporated in a module for gesture RC of additional functions including horizontal travel and steering.

主权项

1. A remote control system comprising;
a first user-interface module; an emitter element in said module radiating energy therefrom; a live empty human hand, intercepting a beam of the energy and consequently reflecting a portion of the energy toward said module; a first sensing element, in said module, located near but shielded from the emitter element, enabled to detect energy reflected from said hand and originate therefrom a first detected-energy signal; a processor, co-located with said module, having a first input channel “A” receiving, as input, the first detected-energy signal, and processing the first detected-energy signal so as and to provide, as output, a control signal containing command data; a controlled object equipped with control mechanisms and means to receive the command data and activate the control mechanisms accordingly; whereby gestures of said user's empty hand are enabled to command single-channel control of said controlled object.