Patent ID: 9658695
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing output from a touch-based device to an external display connected to the touch-based device; detecting, via a sensor external from the touch-based device and directly facing a user and monitoring the user's body, gestures comprising in-air hand movements and in-air body movements from a user located away from and not physically touching the touch-based device; and translating the detected gestures into appropriate touch commands based on the in-air hand movements and appropriate tilt commands based on the in-air body movements for the touch-based device to control an application on the touch-based device without physically interacting with the touch-based device, wherein the application is configured to be controlled by the detected gestures, and wherein the detected gestures are utilized in lieu of actual touch commands on the touch-based device and actual tilt commands through an accelerometer on the touch-based device without modifying the application, and wherein the translating comprises: