Samsung Galaxy S5 will be able to control the movements of the head - BBC News

So at least be suspected because of the application of Samsung, which has recently been accepted by the Dutch patent office.

Figure of a patent application Samsung

/ press release

patent was published on Tuesday, but was made in July 2013. Concerns the use of gestures in the control interfaces of mobile devices. Theoretically, it is not new; Galaxy devices now can track the movement of the head and eyes of the user to scroll through the website or stop playback when not looking at the screen.

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In practice, however, these features look good only in commercials and people who will try to use them every day, or probably will go to an ophthalmologist with a slight protruding eyes, or to an orthopedist with a sore neck. In addition, the newly patented solution will work on a different principle. You would think the command movement of the head or eyes, and then confirm it will command a nod to minimize the probability of error.

With confirmation or not, the new patent would not help if the front camera will recognize this move as the Galaxy SIII and S4. There have been rumors that the S5 is to be equipped with an iris scanner, which would mean the use of good quality optics and die in front of the camera. However, applying your eye would be very uncomfortable way authentication, and probably even the Koreans will not try to push such a solution. For the purpose of recognizing gestures suffice camera that copes better in low light than those installed in earlier generations Galaxy.

Jan Blinstrub

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