Patent Document ID: 10025388
Application ID: 13024392
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for receiving input from a user of a vehicle, the system comprising: a first camera configured to selectively capture a first image being an image of a background; the first camera additionally configured to selectively capture a second image after the first image and including both background and an image of a finger print of a user's fingers and the user's hand, wherein the first camera is associated with a front console of the vehicle; a controller configured to display the second image of the user's hand, overlay graphics on the second image of the user's hand, and the controller coupled to the first camera and configured to subtract the first image from the overlaid second image to produce a difference image comprising an image of the finger prints of the user, the controller being additionally configured to compare the image of the finger prints to a stored pattern and determine from said comparison the identity of the fingers of the user, the controller being additionally configured to determine a three dimensional motion as a gesture of the fingers of the user's hand without the identified fingers touching any portion of the front console based on a model of the fingers by determining three-dimensional finger paths from another image from another camera associated with the front console and from the second image; and matching the determined three-dimensional finger paths to a predetermined model of finger paths to determine a gesture based on the determined three dimensional motion without the identified fingers touching any portion of the front console, and control a device based on the determined gesture.