Patent ID: 6283860
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A63F,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A method for enabling a user to select a particular option from a set of selectable options, the method comprising the steps of:displaying the set of selectable options at respective option positions;while allowing the user to physically point at the particular option, taking a single image of the user, wherein the single image does not include an image of the selectable options;ascertaining from the single image whether the user points at the particular option;if such is the case, concluding that the user has selected the particular option; andbased on the single image, determining a feature position of a body feature of the user in 3 dimensional space;the step of ascertaining from the single image whether the user has pointed at the particular option being executed on the basis of the feature position of the body feature and the option position of the particular option.