GestureDictionary.co.uk
Aside from the idea in the title, this concept has been used by people in the public speaking arena, sociologists who track common gestures in different societies, and historians who track gestures in different time periods. It also used in fun - such as the "obscene gesture dictionary" I found referenced online. And it seems to have some use in robotics as well.
Here is the idea related to electronics (from Apple Insider):
Apple developing configurable multi-touch gesture dictionary
By Slash Lane
Published: 10:55 AM EST
By Slash Lane
Published: 10:55 AM EST
In an apparent bid to extend the use of its multi-touch technology to devices other than iPhone, Apple in a new patent filing discusses the concept of a software-based multi-touch gesture dictionary that would let users to assign custom multi-touch finger movements to computer actions.
"Many expect that the use of multi-finger, touch-sensitive user interfaces will become widely adopted for interacting with computers and other electronic devices, allowing computer input to become even more straightforward and intuitive," Apple wrote in the January 3, 2007 filing.
"Users of these multi-touch interfaces may make use of hand and finger gestures to interact with their computers in ways that a conventional mouse and keyboard cannot easily achieve. A multi-touch gesture can be as simple as using one or two fingers to trace out a particular trajectory or pattern, or as intricate as using all the fingers of both hands in a complex sequence of movements reminiscent of American Sign Language.
"...the multi-touch gesture dictionary concept could be deployed on a notebook computer, tablet computer, handheld computer, personal digital assistant, media player, mobile telephone, or other consumer electronics devices of similar nature."
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