Patent ID: 8577081
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A61B,A61H,G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: recognizing, by a computing device, whether a user possesses a controller based on information from a capture device; executing, by the computing device, an application based on possession of the controller, if it is recognized the user possesses the controller; and selecting an application that does not require possession of the controller, if it is not recognized that the user possesses the controller; wherein selecting the application includes: displaying a plurality of icons, each icon representing a candidate application, adjacent to an avatar; recognizing, from a plurality of captured images, a gesture of the user; controlling the avatar based on the recognized gesture; and outputting, as the selected application, one of the candidate applications, wherein an icon corresponding to the one candidate application is affected by the controlled avatar.