US 12,204,805 B2
Techniques for using in-air hand gestures detected via a wrist-wearable device to operate a camera of another device, and wearable devices and systems for performing those techniques
Christopher Anderson, New York, NY (US); Paulo Jose Telo Coelho, Seattle, WA (US); Luke O'Connor, Toronto (CA); Emanuele Formento, San Francisco, CA (US); and Diego Adrian Gutnisky, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,762.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/414,886, filed on Oct. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/337,893, filed on May 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0359422 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/14 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a gesture detected based on data from a wrist-wearable device to cause presentation of camera data at a head-wearable device, the method comprising:
receiving data generated based on performance of an in-air hand gesture by a user that is wearing the wrist-wearable device, the data being received from the wrist-wearable device;
in accordance with a determination that the data indicates that the in-air hand gesture is a camera-control gesture:
causing presentation to the user, via a display of a head-wearable device that is worn by the user and that is in communication with the wrist-wearable device, of a representation of camera data from a camera that is in communication with one or both of the wrist-wearable device and the head-wearable device;
receiving additional data generated based on performance of an additional in-air hand gesture by the user while the user is wearing the wrist-wearable device; and
in accordance with a determination that the additional data indicates that the additional in-air hand gesture is not a camera-control gesture:
forgo causing presentation of camera data via the display of the head-wearable device and causing activation of a microphone for allowing the user to provide a voice command to a digital assistant, wherein the microphone is in communication with one or both of the wrist-wearable device and the head-wearable device.