Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a user interface for a vehicle. The method includes the steps of detecting vibration signals from a user control action on a surface of the vehicle at a vibration sensor; processing the vibration signals to determine features of the user control action; and triggering a control event based upon the determination of features of the user control action.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for triggering a game event. The method includes the steps of detecting vibration signals from one of a plurality of physical game actions actuated by a user on a surface using a vibration sensor; processing the vibration signal to determine which of the plurality of physical game actions was actuated; and triggering a game event based upon the determined game action.

Abstract: A method for recognizing a gesture using a first and second devices, wherein the gesture is made on a physical object. The first device may receive an entrance signal generated by the gesture, calculate descriptors of the gesture to assess characteristics of said entrance signal, segment, based on the descriptors, said entrance signal to obtain a group of segments and calculate physical values from said entrance signal, calculate a characteristic vector of signal features for each segment using the physical values, and process the characteristic vector of signal features for each segment to learn a metric function between gestures. The second device may determine, based on the metric function between gestures and characteristics of an entrance signal received by the second device, a specific exit signal correlated to a new gesture made in contact on another physical object; and supply the specific exit signal to another device.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method to recognize a gesture, namely a physical action, made in direct or indirect contact on a physical object, wherein said method comprises: associating a device using said method in contact with said physical object; supplying an entrance signal generated by a gesture made in direct or indirect contact on said physical object; segmenting said entrance signal to obtain a group of signal segments and at least one physical value processed from said entrance signal; processing at least a characteristic vector of signal features for each segment of said group of signal segments using said at least one physical value in order to learn metric function between gestures; supplying a specific exit signal correlated to the specific gesture. Further, the present invention concerns also a device to recognize a gesture using said method to recognize a gesture.