Abstract: A touch input device includes a protrusion unit protruding from a mounting surface and receiving a touch signal from a user. A recess unit is disposed inside the protrusion unit. A controller is configured to determine whether to input or delete a character in accordance with an input direction of the touch signal.

Abstract: A touch input apparatus installed on a mounting surface includes an outer surface that rises from the mounting surface; an edge part provided at a top of the outer surface; and an inner surface that declines from the edge part, wherein the edge part is provided to receive a touch signal of a user.

Abstract: A touch input apparatus mounted on a mounting surface includes a protrusion protruding from the mounting surface. A recessed portion is formed in the protrusion. A touch portion is provided on a bottom surface of the recessed portion and receives a user's touch signal. A vehicle having the touch input apparatus includes a display and a controller configured to operate the display according to the users input inputted to the touch input apparatus.

Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.

Abstract: A method and system that recognize a hand gesture using selective illumination that can reliably perform hand gesture recognition by effectively removing an unnecessary image and noise including static disturbance light and dynamic disturbance light are provided. The method of recognizing a hand gesture includes acquiring, by a controller from an imaging device a hand image, which is a recognition target. A static background image and a dynamic background image are removed by the controller from the hand image. The method further includes recognizing, by the controller, a gesture of the hand by extracting a characteristic point from the hand image in which the dynamic background image is removed.

Abstract: A control panel for a vehicle may include: a vehicle speed detector configured to detect a vehicle speed; an input device including at least one of a dial knob, an omnidirectional trackball, and a touchpad; a display device configured to display a plurality of graphic objects; and a controller configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a stopped state or a running state based on the detected vehicle speed transmitted from the vehicle speed detector, select one of the plurality of graphic objects based on a input signal received from the input device, generate a control command for executing a function mapped to the input device, and output the control command to a corresponding control target device from among a plurality of control target devices. The controller may restrict an operation of the input device if the vehicle is in the running state.

Abstract: A concentrated control system for a vehicle includes: a menu portion that, when rotated, provides menu modes associated with devices in the vehicle; and a first menu providing portion that scrolls menu buttons, included in an enabled menu and used to control functions of an in-vehicle device, in a first direction so that the scrolled menu buttons are displayed within the menu portion.

Abstract: A control panel for providing shortcut functions includes: n shortcut buttons capable of being pressed; a memory storing 2n-?1 patterns according to combinations of the n shortcut buttons; and a controller configured to map a shortcut function to each of one or more of the 2n?1 patterns, determine one or more shortcut buttons pressed by a driver's finger based on press signals received from the n shortcut buttons, determine the pattern that corresponds to the one or more pressed buttons, generate a control command for executing the shortcut function mapped to the determined pattern, and output the control command to a corresponding device from among a plurality of control target devices.

Abstract: A gesture recognition apparatus and method are provided. The gesture recognition apparatus includes an imaging device that is configured to photograph a gesture recognition region and generate image information and a distance sensor that is configured to sense a particular object that approaches a gesture start position. A controller is configured to enter a gesture input mode when the particular object is located at the gesture start position for a predetermined time and recognize a gesture by detecting the particular object based on the image information. Further, the controller is configured to provide feedback that indicates whether the particular object is located at the gesture start position and feedback that indicates whether the particular object is located in the gesture recognition region in the input mode.

Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user is able to input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a concave shape, and gradually deepens from an edge portion toward a central portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a user's gesture for carrying out an operation of a vehicle may include: an image generator that generates an object image by photographing a user's hand; a feature point candidate detector that generates a hand image including a hand region by eliminating a background of the object image; a palm detector that detects a palm region by performing a morphology operation on the hand region; a finger detector that detects a finger region by eliminating the palm region from the hand region; a feature point detector that detects the finger valleys located within the palm region and the fingertips located within the finger region as feature points; and a gesture recognizer that recognizes a number of unfolded fingers based on the hand model, and recognizes the user's gesture by selecting a category that corresponds to the number of unfolded fingers among a plurality of categories.

Abstract: A system is provided for detecting an effective section of a gesture by recognizing the gesture, pose information and motion information included in the gesture from an acquired image. In addition, a controller determines whether a pose has been recognized based on the pose information and when the pose has been recognized, an effective section is detected based on a start point and an end point of the pose. Further, when the effective section for the pose is detected, the gesture is recognized based on the motion information.

Abstract: A gesture recognition apparatus and method are provided. The gesture recognition apparatus includes an imaging device that is configured to photograph a gesture recognition region and generate image information and a distance sensor that is configured to sense a particular object that approaches a gesture start position. A controller is configured to enter a gesture input mode when the particular object is located at the gesture start position for a predetermined time and recognize a gesture by detecting the particular object based on the image information. Further, the controller is configured to provide feedback that indicates whether the particular object is located at the gesture start position and feedback that indicates whether the particular object is located in the gesture recognition region in the input mode.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a user's gesture for carrying out an operation of a vehicle may include: an image generator that generates an object image by photographing a user's hand; a feature point candidate detector that generates a hand image including a hand region by eliminating a background of the object image; a palm detector that detects a palm region by performing a morphology operation on the hand region; a finger detector that detects a finger region by eliminating the palm region from the hand region; a feature point detector that detects the finger valleys located within the palm region and the fingertips located within the finger region as feature points; and a gesture recognizer that recognizes a number of unfolded fingers based on the hand model, and recognizes the user's gesture by selecting a category that corresponds to the number of unfolded fingers among a plurality of categories.

Abstract: A method and system that recognize a hand gesture using selective illumination that can reliably perform hand gesture recognition by effectively removing an unnecessary image and noise including static disturbance light and dynamic disturbance light are provided. The method of recognizing a hand gesture includes acquiring, by a controller from an imaging device a hand image, which is a recognition target. A static background image and a dynamic background image are removed by the controller from the hand image. The method further includes recognizing, by the controller, a gesture of the hand by extracting a characteristic point from the hand image in which the dynamic background image is removed.

Abstract: A system is provided for detecting an effective section of a gesture by recognizing the gesture, pose information and motion information included in the gesture from an acquired image. In addition, a controller determines whether a pose has been recognized based on the pose information and when the pose has been recognized, an effective section is detected based on a start point and an end point of the pose. Further, when the effective section for the pose is detected, the gesture is recognized based on the motion information.