Gesture-based small device input
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJames B. Miller, Richard C. Gossweiler, III
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is described that includes providing a watch defining a body and a watch face on a surface of the body, the body having one or more sensors arranged to sense user inputs in an area adjacent to the body. The method further comprises sensing a motion of an object in the area adjacent to, but not touching, the body using the one or more sensors and changing a display of a pointing element on a graphical user interface on the watch in coordination with the sensed motion.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- monitoring for movement, by a computing device including one or more sensors, an area that is adjacent to the computing device and a surface of a user wearing the computing device;
- detecting, by the computing device using the one or more sensors, a non-touch movement of an object in the area that is adjacent to the computing device and the surface of the user;
- identifying, by the computing device, a gesture corresponding to the non-touch movement of the object in the area that is adjacent to the computing device and the surface of the user;
- and
- in response to identifying the gesture corresponding to the non-touch movement of the object, performing an operation that corresponds to the gesture.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- displaying, by a computing device including one or more sensors, an image on a surface of a user wearing the computing device, the image being displayed at an area that is adjacent to the computing device;
- monitoring, by the computing device, the area adjacent to the computing device for movement of an object relative to the image;
- determining, by the computing device, that a non-touch movement of the object has occurred in the area adjacent to the computing device;
- and
- in response to determining that the non-touch movement of the object has occurred in the area adjacent to the computing device, performing an operation based at least in part on the non-touch movement and the image.
A computing device, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of operations comprising:
- monitoring for movement via one or more sensors, an area that is adjacent to the computing device and a surface of a user wearing the computing device;
- detecting via the one or more sensors, a non-touch movement of an object in the area that is adjacent to the computing device and the surface of the user;
- identifying a gesture corresponding to the non-touch movement of the object in the area that is adjacent to the computing device and the surface of the user;
- and
- in response to identifying the gesture corresponding to the non-touch movement of the object, performing an operation that corresponds to the gesture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.