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US 10,771,882 B2Granted
User interface for an earbud device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAndrew Estrada, Masahiko Seki, Haruhiko Kaneko, Hidetoshi Kurihara, Masahiro Shimizu
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Abstract
Implementations generally relate to a user interface for an earbud device. In some implementations, a method includes detecting contact of a finger of a user on a touch user interface of an earbud device. The method further includes determining a contact pattern based on movement of the finger on the touch user interface. The method further includes mapping the contact pattern to a predetermined command. The method further includes executing the predetermined command based on the mapping.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- logic encoded in one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to perform operations comprising:
- detecting contact of a finger of a user on a touch user interface of an earbud device;
- determining a contact pattern based on movement of the finger on the touch user interface, wherein the contact pattern is associated with one of increasing volume or decreasing volume if the contact pattern is a circular swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the contact pattern is associated with engaging a phone call if the contact pattern is an upward vertical swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the contact pattern is associated with terminating an active phone call if the contact pattern is an downward vertical swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the upward vertical swipe motion is detected when the finger of the user contacts a bottom of the touch user interface and swipes vertically upward to a top of the touch user interface, and wherein the downward vertical swipe motion is detected when the finger of the user contacts the top of the touch user interface and swipes vertically downward to the bottom of the touch user interface;
- mapping the contact pattern to a predetermined command;
- and
- executing the predetermined command based on the mapping.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with program instructions stored thereon, the program instructions when executed by one or more processors are operable to perform operations comprising:
- detecting contact of a finger of a user on a touch user interface of an earbud device;
- determining a contact pattern based on movement of the finger on the touch user interface, wherein the contact pattern is associated with one of increasing volume or decreasing volume if the contact pattern is a circular swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the contact pattern is associated with engaging a phone call if the contact pattern is an upward vertical swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the contact pattern is associated with terminating an active phone call if the contact pattern is an downward vertical swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the upward vertical swipe motion is detected when the finger of the user contacts a bottom of the touch user interface and swipes vertically upward to a top of the touch user interface, and wherein the downward vertical swipe motion is detected when the finger of the user contacts the top of the touch user interface and swipes vertically downward to the bottom of the touch user interface;
- mapping the contact pattern to a predetermined command;
- and
- executing the predetermined command based on the mapping.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- detecting contact of a finger of a user on a touch user interface of an earbud device;
- determining a contact pattern based on movement of the finger on the touch user interface, wherein the contact pattern is associated with one of increasing volume or decreasing volume if the contact pattern is a circular swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the contact pattern is associated with engaging a phone call if the contact pattern is an upward vertical swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the contact pattern is associated with terminating an active phone call if the contact pattern is an downward vertical swipe motion on the touch user interface of the earbud device, wherein the upward vertical swipe motion is detected when the finger of the user contacts a bottom of the touch user interface and swipes vertically upward to a top of the touch user interface, and wherein the downward vertical swipe motion is detected when the finger of the user contacts the top of the touch user interface and swipes vertically downward to the bottom of the touch user interface;
- mapping the contact pattern to a predetermined command;
- and
- executing the predetermined command based on the mapping.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.