System and method for controlling appliances using motion gestures

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11017217
APP PUB NO 20200110928A1
SERIAL NO

16155698

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A method and system of controlling an appliance includes: receiving, from a first home appliance, a request to start video image processing for detecting a motion gesture of a user; processing a sequence of image frames captured by a camera corresponding to the first home appliance to identify a first motion gesture; selecting a second home appliance as a target home appliance for the first motion gesture in accordance with one or more target selection criteria, including first target selection criteria based on a location of the user relative to the first home appliance and second target selection criteria based on a level of match between the first motion gesture and a first control gesture corresponding to the second home appliance; and generating a control command to control the second home appliance in accordance with the first control gesture corresponding to the second home appliance.

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MIDEA GROUP CO LTD528311 GUANGDONG FOSHAN TOWN SHUNDE DISTRICT BEIJIAO 6 BEAUTIFUL AVENUE BEAUTIFUL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING B DISTRICT 26-28 FLOOR FOSHAN CITY GUANGDONG PROVINCE 528311

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Al, Jazaery Mohamad San Jose, US 3 116
Mani, Suresh San Jose, US 24 631

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