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:
- 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 on the surface of the user 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 movement of the object has occurred in the area adjacent to the computing device;
- and
- in response to determining that the movement of the object has occurred in the area adjacent to the computing device, performing an operation based at least in part on the movement and the image.
A computing device, comprising:
- one or more sensors;
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more non-transitory computer readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- displaying an image on a surface of a user wearing the computing device, the image being displayed on the surface of the user at an area that is adjacent to the computing device;
- monitoring the area adjacent to the computing device for movement of an object relative to the image;
- determining that a movement of the object has occurred in the area adjacent to the computing device;
- and
- in response to determining that the movement of the object has occurred in the area adjacent to the computing device, performing an operation based at least in part on the movement and the image.
One or more non-transitory computer readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- displaying an image on a surface of a user wearing a computing device, the image being displayed on the surface of the user at an area that is adjacent to the computing device;
- monitoring the area adjacent to the computing device for movement of an object relative to the image;
- determining that a movement of the object has occurred in the area adjacent to the computing device;
- and
- in response to determining that the movement of the object has occurred in the area adjacent to the computing device, performing an operation based at least in part on the movement and the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.