Patent Document ID: 9477315
Application ID: 14192499
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: capturing a depth image by a depth camera placed in a vehicle, the depth image covering a hand of a user and comprising pixels representing distances from the depth camera to parts of the user; determining a location of a fingertip of a pointing finger of the hand by processing the captured depth image; determining a location or region of a display device corresponding to the location of the fingertip, wherein the display device is divided into a plurality of equiangular sections of a semicircle along a center portion of the display device, each equiangular section having a width corresponding to (sine (n×θ)−sine (n−1)×θ) where n is the sequence of the plurality of equiangular sections starting from 0 of a center equiangular section and increasing towards left or right ends of the display device, and θ is a rotation angle of the fingertip of the pointing finger; receiving a selection signal indicating selection of an item or an object at the determined location or the region of the display device based on a sensor signal received from an input device in the vehicle; and performing an operation associated with the selected item or object responsive to receiving the selection signal.