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Proximity Sensing for Wink Detection

  • US 20130257709A1
  • Filed: 07/17/2012
  • Published: 10/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving data from a receiver portion of a proximity sensor, wherein the receiver portion is disposed at a side section of a head-mountable device (HMD), and wherein, when a wearer wears the HMD, (i) the receiver portion is arranged to receive light reflected from an eye area of the wearer, (ii) the proximity sensor detects a movement of the eye area, and (iii) the data represents the movement;

    determining that the data corresponds to a wink gesture;

    selecting a computing action to perform, based on the wink gesture; and

    performing the computing action.

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