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Forums - Microsoft - Kinect patent emerges. Find out exactly how it all works.

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Cool find.  I am about to read through this bad boy, but I did see this right off the bat:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the input gesture comprises a gesture in a sign language.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the sign language comprises American Sign Language (ASL).

 

Looks like MS is looking into reading hands and fingers using depth maps.  Doesn't necessarily mean for Kinect though.