Patent ID: 11921931
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling a user interface control element displayed on a display of a gesture-control device, the user interface control element the method comprising:
obtaining a first plurality of video frames of a video captured by an image-capturing device of the gesture-controlled device;
activating a dragging mode for the user interface control element in response to recognition of a dragging mode activation mid-air hand gesture performed by a user of the gesture-controlled device in the first plurality of video frames;
obtaining a second plurality of video frames of the video captured by the image-capturing device of the gesture-controlled device;
setting a default dragging direction for a draggable graphical widget of the user interface control element in response to recognition of a direction setting mid-air hand gesture in the second plurality of video frames; and
moving, the draggable graphical widget of the user interface control element, by a predefined distance, in the default dragging direction in response to recognition of a dynamic discrete control mid-air hand gesture performed by the user of the gesture-controlled device in the second plurality of video frames.