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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a gesture associated with a head-mountable device (HMD);
executing instructions to activate a plurality of visual type functions on the HMD for selection in response to a received indication that the gesture is a forward gesture; and
executing instructions to activate a plurality of audio type functions on the HMD for selection in response to a received indication that the gesture is a rearward gesture.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for triggering functions on a head-mountable device are provided. A head-mountable device may receive an indication of a gesture associated with the device. In response to an indication that the gesture is a forward gesture, the head-mountable device may activate visual type functions, and in response to an indication that the gesture is a rearward gesture, the head-mountable device may activate audio type functions.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a gesture associated with a head-mountable device (HMD); executing instructions to activate a plurality of visual type functions on the HMD for selection in response to a received indication that the gesture is a forward gesture; and executing instructions to activate a plurality of audio type functions on the HMD for selection in response to a received indication that the gesture is a rearward gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture including non-transitory tangible computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions encoded thereon, the instructions comprising:
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receiving an indication of a gesture associated with a head-mountable device (HMD); activating a plurality of visual type functions on the HMD for selection in response to an indication that the gesture is a forward gesture toward an eyepiece on the HMD; and activating a plurality of audio type functions on the HMD for selection in response to an indication that the gesture is a rearward gesture toward an end of an arm on the HMD. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a processor; a head-mountable device (HMD) comprising a heads-up display; data storage; and non-transitory machine language instructions stored on the data storage executable by the processor to perform functions including; receiving an indication of a gesture associated with the HMD; activating a plurality of visual type functions on the HMD for selection in response to an indication that the gesture is a gesture toward an eyepiece on the HMD; and activating a plurality of audio type functions on the HMD for selection in response to an indication that the gesture is a gesture toward an end of an arm on the HMD. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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a processor; a head-mountable device (HMD) comprising a heads-up display; data storage; and non-transitory machine language instructions stored on the data storage executable by the processor to perform functions including; receiving an indication of a gesture associated with the HMD; activating visual type functions for selection on the HMD in response to an indication that the gesture is a gesture toward an eyepiece on the HMD; and activating audio type functions for selection on the HMD in response to an indication that the gesture is a gesture toward an end of an arm on the HMD.
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