Patent Document ID: 9477314
Application ID: 14073113

Base Claim:
1. A method performed by an electronic device for selecting a gesture recognition system, the method comprising: determining a context of operation for the electronic device that affects a gesture recognition function performed by the electronic device, wherein determining the context of operation further comprises determining an ambient light level for the electronic device; and selecting, based on the ambient light level, one of a plurality of gesture recognition systems in the electronic device as an active gesture recognition system for receiving gesturing input to perform the gesture recognition function, wherein the plurality of gesture recognition systems comprises an image-based gesture recognition system and a non-image-based gesture recognition system.

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Claim 8:
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting infrared light while the non-image-based gesture recognition system is the active gesture recognition system, wherein determining the context of operation comprises determining a failure to detect a reflected portion of the infrared light, which exceeds a threshold intensity, and wherein the image-based gesture recognition system is selected as the active gesture recognition system.