Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140139422 | User Gesture Input to Wearable Electronic Device Involving Outward-Facing Sensor of Device - In one embodiment, a wearable apparatus includes a sensor, a processor coupled to the sensor, and a memory coupled to the processor that includes instructions executable by the processor. When executing the instructions, the processor detects by the sensor movement of at least a portion of an arm of a user; detects, based at least in part on the movement, a gesture made by the user; and processes the gesture as input to the wearable apparatus. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139454 | User Gesture Input to Wearable Electronic Device Involving Movement of Device - In one embodiment, a wearable computing device includes one or more sensors, one or more processors, and a memory coupled to the processors that includes instructions executable by the processors. When executing the instructions, the processors detect, by one or more of the sensors of the wearable computing device when worn on a limb of a user, a gesture-recognition-activation event associated with the wearable computing device; detect, by one or more sensors of the wearable computing device when worn on the limb of the user, a movement of the limb; determine a gesture made by the user based at least in part on the movement; and process the gesture as input to the computing wearable computing device. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139486 | Placement of Optical Sensor on Wearable Electronic Device - In one embodiment, a wearable device includes a body that includes a touch-sensitive display. The wearable device includes a band coupled to the body and an optical sensor placed on or in the band so that an image of an object displayed on the touch-sensitive display is viewable while the object is also viewable without the wearable device blocking a view of the object. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139637 | Wearable Electronic Device - In one embodiment, a device includes a device body that includes a touch-sensitive display and a processor. The device also includes a band coupled to the device body and an optical sensor in or on the band. The optical sensor faces outward from the band and captures images. The processor communicates with the optical sensor to process captured images. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143678 | GUI Transitions on Wearable Electronic Device - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the processors that includes instructions executable by the processors. When executing the instructions, the processors present on a display of the apparatus a first screen of a graphical user interface. The first screen includes one or more first elements. The processors receive user input indicating a transition in the graphical user interface and, in response to the user input, transition from the first screen to a second screen of the graphical user interface and apply one or more visual transition effects to the transition. The second screen includes one or more second elements. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143784 | Controlling Remote Electronic Device with Wearable Electronic Device - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a wearable computing device that includes one or more processors and a memory. The memory is coupled to the processors and includes instructions executable by the processors. When executing the instructions, the processors determine whether an application is running on the wearable computing device. The application controls one or more functions of a remote computing device. The processors determine to delegate a task associated with the application; delegate the task to be processed by a local computing device; and receive from the local computing device results from processing the delegated task. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143785 | Delegating Processing from Wearable Electronic Device - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a wearable computing device including one or more processors and a memory. The memory is coupled to the processors and includes instructions executable by the processors. When executing the instructions, the processors analyze a task of an application; analyze one or more characteristics of the wearable computing device; determine to delegate the task based on the analysis of the task and the analysis of the characteristics; delegate the task to be processed by one or more computing devices separate from the wearable computing device; and receive from the computing devices results from processing the delegated task. | 05-22-2014 |
20150048846 | Interaction Sensing - In particular embodiments, an apparatus includes an insulator coupled to one or more electrodes that are configured to passively sense charge displacement or a change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in an environment. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049034 | Interaction Sensing - The touch sensor is a touch sensor that senses changes in characteristics of the electromagnetic signal in an environment in order to detect the contact or the proximity. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049055 | Interaction Sensing - In particular embodiments, an apparatus includes a single electrode configured to passively receive a charge displacement and a change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in an environment. The apparatus further includes a touch sensor, coupled to the single electrode, configured to detect a first input based on the charge displacement, and a second input based on the change in characteristics of electromagnetic signals in the environment. | 02-19-2015 |
20150049056 | Interaction Sensing - In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving a signal from an electrode of a touch sensor that senses a charge displacement, based on the signal, in order to detect the contact or separation. The method further includes detecting a contact or separation input to the touch sensor. | 02-19-2015 |
20150181087 | Wearable Electronic Device - In one embodiment, a device includes a device body that includes a touch-sensitive display and a processor. The device also includes a band coupled to the device body and an optical sensor in or on the band. The optical sensor faces outward from the band and captures images. The processor communicates with the optical sensor to process captured images. | 06-25-2015 |