Patent ID: 11858532
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method executed by a processor of a vehicle for operating the vehicle in response to vehicle-control gestures by a passenger, the method comprising:
determining a first vehicle action by applying a first passenger profile to a detected first vehicle-control gesture performed by a first passenger, wherein the first passenger profile is selected from a plurality of passenger profiles to normalize vehicle-control gestures received from the first passenger;
determining whether the detected first vehicle-control gesture includes an indication that a vehicle operation is intended by the first passenger, wherein the included indication that the vehicle operation is intended by the first passenger includes a first instance of a first gesture performed by the first passenger and a second instance of the first gesture performed by the first passenger within an allotted time of performing the first instance of the first gesture, wherein vehicle operations are configured to cause the vehicle to implement vehicle actions and wherein the first instance of the first gesture comprises at least one movement with a measurable parameter and wherein the second instance of the first gesture exhibits an increase in the measurable parameter relative to the first instance of the first gesture; and
operating the vehicle to implement the first vehicle action in response to determining that the detected first vehicle-control gesture includes the indication that the vehicle operation is intended by the first passenger.