Patent ID: 11966515
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a gesture recognition system and based on imagery of a hand of a user while the user touchlessly interacts with a user interface of a computer system, a configuration of a plurality of landmarks associated with the hand of the user;
comparing, by the gesture recognition system, the configuration of the plurality of landmarks to defined landmark configurations associated with a plurality of defined gestures, each of the plurality of defined gestures associated with a different user input enterable by way of the user interface of the computer system;
selecting, by the gesture recognition system and based on the comparing of the configuration of the plurality of landmarks to the defined landmark configurations associated with the plurality of defined gestures, a defined gesture included in the plurality of defined gestures;
wherein:
the determining of the configuration of the plurality of landmarks includes determining, based on the plurality of landmarks, a distance between a first finger of the hand of the user and a second finger of the hand of the user; and
the determining of the distance between the first finger and the second finger includes:
generating a box having a first corner defined by a first landmark included in the plurality of landmarks and a second corner defined by a second landmark included in the plurality of landmarks; and
determining that the first finger and the second finger are separated by the distance based on a calculated area of the box being greater than a predefined area; and

directing, by the gesture recognition system and based on the calculated area of the box being greater than the predefined area, the computer system to enter a user input that is associated with the defined gesture.