Abstract: Method for gesture control of a device, the device comprising an opening and closing mechanism under control, the method comprising: recognizing a gesture; controlling the device based on said recognized gesture; defining an initializing zone in the area covered by the gesture recognition sensor; defining an action zone in the area covered by the gesture recognition sensor; associating said initializing zone with said action zone and said action zone with said controlled device; wherein the associated action zone is the first zone located in proximity to the controlled device and its associated initialization zone is located further away from the controlled device than the action zone; detecting a person within the initializing zone and generating an event notifying that the initialization has been executed; detecting the person's gesture in the action zone and generating an action event reporting said detection within the respective action zone only when said notifying event has been received from the associ