There have been reports before about Nokia considering gesture control as a great chance of the future, as with this method device can be comfortably controlled without dirtying the large screen. The Finnish manufacturer had the idea of putting three cameras around the display, which can perfectly determine the finger's position compared to the display. Engineers at Samsung have thought of a simpler idea.
They think that frontal cameras, currently in use, are enough for recognizing simple hand moves for controlling a mouse for example and recognizing left and right mouse clicks, but there is even a possibility of using 3D positioning. Of course such a control needs both hands, as with one the phone has to be held, while we have to use the other to wave in front of the phone. Sony Ericsson currently markets models that use gesture controls, although we can only mute and cancel incoming calls by waving in front of the camera.
Translated by Szaszati
