METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING FUNCTIONS IN A VEHICLE USING GESTURES PERFORMED IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

A method for operating functions in a vehicle using gestures performed in three-dimensional space has the following steps: determining (S100) whether a first gesture performed in three-dimensional space is detected or not by means of an image-based detection process; determining (S200) whether the first gesture is a gesture associated with the activation of a control of a function or not, if it is determined that the first gesture has been detected; activating (S300) the control of the function, if it is determined that the detected first gesture is a gesture associated with the activation of the control of the function; determining (S500) whether a second gesture performed in three-dimensional space is detected or not by means of the image-based detection process; determining (S600) whether the detected second gesture is a gesture associated with the control of the function, if it is determined that the second gesture has been detected; and controlling (S700) the function if it is determined that the detected first gesture is the gesture associated with activating the control of the function and if it is determined that the detected second gesture is the gesture associated with controlling the function. A related device and a related computer program product are also created.