[APP][Experimental] Windows Mobile 7-like gestures

Search This thread
By:
Advanced…
J

Jaxbot

Inactive Recognized Developer
Mar 14, 2009
1,224
548
windowsphonehacker.com
Hi all.

Highly experimental app I've been working on. It basically uses the accelerometer and ambient light sensor to handle gesture events.

Current features:
- Wave to answer
- Wave to ignore
- Autolock when dark
- Turn to unlock
- Shake to save


It works well on my Fuze, but I'm not sure about other HTC devices.
Also, it needs the .NET Compact Framework.

Any feedback, let me know!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQBrqpa7_Wg
Download: http://windowsphonehacker.com/files/gesture.CAB
 
Last edited:
Z

z_rudy

Senior Member
Jun 8, 2005
315
5
Very nice idea!
I dont know how to "turn like a key" though :p
Will post more feedback when I try a phone call.. its 5 AM here now :)
 
D

devil_82

Senior Member
Oct 22, 2006
111
1
very nice application....i saw the video clip...good....is it possible to make the wave and it will activate the speaker mode...this will be a good feature when we're driving.. :)
 
N

NCHEVYHEVN

Member
Oct 9, 2009
46
0
Apex
Awsome!

The autolock feature is a bit touchy on my TP2. Even on the less sensative setting it still will autolock on and off. Not a feature I want though so no worries.

Thanks!
 
J

Jaxbot

Inactive Recognized Developer
Mar 14, 2009
1,224
548
windowsphonehacker.com
Thanks for your feedback, all!
About the speakerphone feature, I have it added in the latest version. If anything comes up that needs fixing, I will add that, but otherwise you should see an update later today :)
 
K

kryptech

Member
Feb 21, 2009
12
0
Sorry I never got back to you about the PoC gesture app earlier.

I've just tested out this new experimental app - cool idea!

I was able to get 'Wave to answer' and 'Wave to ignore' going easily enough when the TP was on my desk and on a chair closer to the window. I had to wave a couple times to get the desired response but found that if I move my hand across the light sensor for about .5 seconds around an inch above the phone it was pretty consistent.

I couldn't get the 'AutoLock' working consistently. If I cover the light sensor with a piece of paper or put the top 80% of the phone into a cloth bag it doesn't lock. A few times when I was covering the light sensor with my hand the lock screen flashed up but disappeared again without me having to unlock it.

It took a bit to figure out how to unlock the lock screen but from watching your YouTube video and playing around I can do it easily. It seems best to grab the phone between my thumb and index finger with my thumb on the lock icon (so it is green). Then I flick the bottom end of the phone quickly 90 degrees and back. It is harder to do when holding the right way up - it seems that the bottom end needs to have the motion rather than the top end.

'Shake to Save' is sweet, however, it was inconsistent for me. I'm not sure if there is a particular shaking orientation that works best (it is hard to tell in your video). When it worked it was quick and easy.

At about medium sensitivity the average light sensor reading is around 14 when sitting on my desk on a cloudy day. If I set it on a chair closer to the window I get an average of around 25.

I am using ChangeScreen - a g-sensor orientation flipper: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=468488 I've set an exception for 'gesture' but it hasn't seemed to helped (well, it does prevent the Gestures app from changing orientation when I tilt/shake the phone).

Nice experiment!
 
J

Jaxbot

Inactive Recognized Developer
Mar 14, 2009
1,224
548
windowsphonehacker.com
kryptech said:
Sorry I never got back to you about the PoC gesture app earlier.

I've just tested out this new experimental app - cool idea!

I was able to get 'Wave to answer' and 'Wave to ignore' going easily enough when the TP was on my desk and on a chair closer to the window. I had to wave a couple times to get the desired response but found that if I move my hand across the light sensor for about .5 seconds around an inch above the phone it was pretty consistent.

I couldn't get the 'AutoLock' working consistently. If I cover the light sensor with a piece of paper or put the top 80% of the phone into a cloth bag it doesn't lock. A few times when I was covering the light sensor with my hand the lock screen flashed up but disappeared again without me having to unlock it.

It took a bit to figure out how to unlock the lock screen but from watching your YouTube video and playing around I can do it easily. It seems best to grab the phone between my thumb and index finger with my thumb on the lock icon (so it is green). Then I flick the bottom end of the phone quickly 90 degrees and back. It is harder to do when holding the right way up - it seems that the bottom end needs to have the motion rather than the top end.

'Shake to Save' is sweet, however, it was inconsistent for me. I'm not sure if there is a particular shaking orientation that works best (it is hard to tell in your video). When it worked it was quick and easy.

At about medium sensitivity the average light sensor reading is around 14 when sitting on my desk on a cloudy day. If I set it on a chair closer to the window I get an average of around 25.

I am using ChangeScreen - a g-sensor orientation flipper: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=468488 I've set an exception for 'gesture' but it hasn't seemed to helped (well, it does prevent the Gestures app from changing orientation when I tilt/shake the phone).

Nice experiment!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Thanks for the feedback.
The sensitivity does not affect how much the light reading is, nor the G-sensor sensitivity. It has more to do with how much of a light change counts as a gesture.

As for shake to save, the program currently uses the Z vector to tell if its shaking. This is pure force (up/down) of the phone, but it's been very hard to activate even for me.
I'm going to switch it to X or Y once I get ready to release the new version, just to make it easier.
 
K

kryptech

Member
Feb 21, 2009
12
0
Jaxbot said:
As for shake to save, the program currently uses the Z vector to tell if its shaking. This is pure force (up/down) of the phone, but it's been very hard to activate even for me.
I'm going to switch it to X or Y once I get ready to release the new version, just to make it easier.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I feel silly asking but the Z axis runs along the length of the phone, from the mic end to the speaker end? And the X axis runs from side-to-side, while the Y axis is the thickness (screen-to-back of battery)?
 
J

Jaxbot

Inactive Recognized Developer
Mar 14, 2009
1,224
548
windowsphonehacker.com
Here's a diagram. It's for a wiimote, but I guess its the same principal:

200px-Wiimote_axis2.png


The important thing to note is that the X and Y are based on rotation, while Z is based on G-force (gravity) pulling on it.
 
E

ebweiss

New member
Feb 16, 2010
1
0
would love to use this app

how do I update my .NET Compact Framework so that is works?

thanks
 
A

aussiebum

Senior Member
Dec 5, 2008
1,450
128
Questions... does the app stay resident in the background so that any gesture will trigger the actions? how's the battery drain?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

herg62123
[App] [4.28.09-Update 23]M2D - NEW manila 2d build 1.20.19131530.00 NOW UP
Replies
7K
Views
3M
adaportal
adaportal
Gech
Windows Mobile application for Geocaching.
Replies
6K
Views
1M
E
elcalimero
yozgatg
[APP][25MAR10]Gen.Y DualBOOT v1.0.6.0[W|Q|VGA][CAB|EXT]
Replies
1K
Views
1M
B
BreakHear7
P
All Extracted HTC Apps (cab & oem included)
Replies
807
Views
2M
H
hurin8
mpenguin14
[App] [Feb-7-09] Manilla 2D Customizer v0.29.235 (2nd attempt at digi clock bug)
Replies
2K
Views
1M
M
madycoot

New posts