Patent ID: 11861070
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. An element animation system, comprising:
an eyewear device comprising a processor, a memory, a camera system, an image processing system, and a display; and
programming in the memory, wherein execution of the programming by the processor configures the eyewear device to perform functions, including functions to:
capture frames of video data with the camera system;
detect a hand at a current hand location relative to the display in the captured frames of video data with the image processing system;
present on the display a menu icon at a current icon position, in accordance with the detected current hand location;
detect a first series of hand shapes in the captured frames of video data with the image processing system;
determine, with the image processing system, whether the detected first series of hand shapes matches a first predefined hand gesture among a plurality of predefined hand gestures;
present on the display one or more graphical elements adjacent the current icon position in accordance with the matching first predefined hand gesture, wherein the function to present comprises functions to animate a progression of a first graphical element along a first path extending away from the current icon position, such that the first graphical element appears to emerge from the menu icon, wherein an apparent progression speed of the animated progression is correlated with the detected first series of hand shapes;
detect a second series of hand shapes in the captured frames of video data with the image processing system;
determine, with the image processing system, whether the detected second series of hand shapes matches a second predefined hand gesture among a plurality of predefined hand gestures; and
remove from the display the one or more graphical elements in accordance with the matching second predefined hand gesture, wherein the function to remove comprises functions to animate a regression of the first graphical element along the first path extending toward the current icon position, such that the first graphical element appears to withdraw into the menu icon, wherein an apparent regression speed of the animated regression is correlated with the detected second series of hand shapes.