User interface

• US 9,582,081 B1
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Costa, Antonio Bernardo Monteiro
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, NICHOLAS J
• Application Number:
  US15/076,112
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

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.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a gesture associated with a wearable computing device;

executing instructions to activate a plurality of functions of a first category on the wearable computing device for selection in response to the received indication indicating that the gesture is a forward gesture; and

executing instructions to activate a plurality of functions of a second category on the wearable computing device for selection in response to the received indication indicating that the gesture is a rearward gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wearable computing device is a pair of glasses.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of functions of the first category comprise a plurality of camera-type functions.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of camera-type functions comprise at least one of recording a photograph, recording a burst of photographs, recording a panoramic photograph, or recording a video.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of camera-type functions comprise at least one of communicating a point of view captured by a camera of the wearable computing device, performing a visual search via the camera, performing a visual identification via the camera, or performing a visual translation via the camera.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of functions of the second category comprises a plurality of audio-type functions.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of audio-type functions comprise outputting audio via a speaker of the wearable computing device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of audio-type functions comprise recording audio via a microphone of the wearable computing device.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of audio-type functions comprise at least one of performing a speech search, receiving a system command, performing an audio translation, or augmenting reality sonically.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the forward gesture comprises a swipe movement toward an eyepiece of the wearable computing device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the rearward gesture comprises a swipe movement toward an end of a side-arm on the wearable computing device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the gesture comprises receiving the indication via a touch pad.

13. A system comprising:

a glasses frame;

at least one lens element coupled to the glasses frame;

a processor coupled to the glasses frame;

a data storage; and

non-transitory machine language instructions stored on the data storage executable by the processor to perform functions including;

(i) receiving an indication of a gesture associated with the glasses frame,

(ii) activating a plurality of functions of a first category for selection in response to the received indication indicating that the gesture is directed toward the at least one lens element, and

(iii) activating a plurality of functions of a second category for selection in response to the received indication indicating that the gesture is directed away from the at least one lens element.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of functions of the first category comprise a plurality of non-audio-type functions.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of non-audio-type functions comprise a plurality of camera-type functions.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of functions of the second category comprise a plurality of audio-type functions.

17. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a gesture associated with an eyewear device;

executing instructions to activate a camera-type function on the eyewear device in response to the received indication indicating that the gesture is directed in a first direction; and

executing instructions to activate an audio-type function on the eyewear device in response to the received indication indicating that the gesture is directed in a second direction, wherein the first direction is opposite the first direction.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the camera-type function comprises one of recording a photograph, recording a burst of photographs, recording a panoramic photograph, or recording a video.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the audio-type function comprises one of outputting audio via a speaker of the eyewear device or recording audio via a microphone of the eyewear device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the first direction is a forward direction toward an eyepiece of the eyewear device and the second direction is a rearward direction away from the eyepiece of the eyewear device.