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Unlocking a head mountable device

  • US 9,377,869 B2
  • Filed: 09/02/2015
  • Issued: 06/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing device comprising:

  • a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

    program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by at least one processor to;

    cause a computing device to operate in a locked mode; and

    while the computing device is in the locked mode;

    (a) analyze head-pose data to determine a head pose associated with the computing device;

    (b) analyze touchpad data associated with the computing device to detect a sequence of touch gestures; and

    (c) determine both (i) that the determined head pose matches a predetermined head pose and (ii) that the detected sequence of touch gestures matches a predetermined sequence of touch gestures, and responsively cause the computing device to switch to an unlocked mode.

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