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Apple's already patented it. I don't want to get sued into oblivion. :-) http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/iphone-control-through-camera-gestures-apple-pat

• jodrellblank 16y ago
  That's annoying, but it only seems to cover tap detection by accelerometer where I was thinking of tap detection by audio click, which definitely seems plausible from a quick test of the sound recorder. Also it only covers finger swipe detection/direction determining, where I was also imagining gestures from holding fingers a few centimeters away, such as scissoring two fingers, thumb/finger flick, two finger scroll movement, two fingertips touching, etc. A quick test with the iPhone camera suggests that might have to be too carefully positioned to be practical, but should be possible at some level.