US 11,941,906 B2
Method for identifying user's real hand and wearable device therefor
Bonkon Koo, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaewoo Ko, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/294,917
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/006946
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/138602, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0169909 (KR), filed on Dec. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0004750 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/107 (2022.01) [G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01); G06V 40/40 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of identifying, by a wearable device, a hand of a user wearing the wearable device, the method comprising:
detecting a hand located in a detection area of at least one sensor included in the wearable device;
determining a position of a shoulder connected to the detected hand based on a positional relation between an orientation of the detected hand and at least one body part connected to the detected hand; and
determining that the detected hand is a hand of the based on information about a probability of a shoulder of the user being present in the determined position.