System and method for eyes-free interaction with a computing device through environmental awareness
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDavid Flynt, Timothy Brooke, Peter Chin
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Abstract
A system and method for eyes-free interaction with a computing device through environmental awareness. A smart computing device includes non-environmental impact settings that indicate what type of user impact will be recognized as an input. The smart computing device monitors environmental conditions to distinguish a user impact from an environmental impact. Upon detecting a user impact, a command is generated to perform a function on an application.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for eyes-free interaction with a computing device through environmental awareness, comprising:
- monitoring environmental conditions;
- distinguishing a non-environmental impact from the environmental conditions;
- and
- in response to a non-environmental impact, executing a function.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions performing operations to identify a non-environmental impact through environmental awareness, the operations comprising:
- providing user impact settings for triggering a function;
- monitoring the environment to detect environmental patterns;
- and
- triggering a function when a user impact is distinguished from the environmental patterns.
A smart computing device for eyes-free interaction through environmental awareness, comprising:
- an environmental awareness means for monitoring environmental conditions;
- an interpreter means for distinguishing a non-environmental impact from environmental conditions;
- and
- a generator means for generating a command when a non-environmental impact occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.