Abstract: A method of recognizing a gesture made on an instrument. The gesture being performed by a user with a mobile terminal having a plurality of physical measurement sensors. The method includes searching for at least one stored entry corresponding to a pair formed by one of at least one recognized useful gesture and one of at least one recognized usage context; obtaining a corresponding appearance probability per pair, calculated as a function of a number of occurrences on which the pair has been recognized; deciding to confirm a pair as a function of the appearance probability; in the event of not recognizing at least one current usage context, requesting the user to confirm the recognized gesture; if confirmed, storing analyzed physical measurement values as a new usage context and storing a new pair formed by the recognized gesture and the new usage context, with an associated appearance probability.