US 11,880,542 B2
Touchpad input for augmented reality display device
Karen Stolzenberg, Venice, CA (US); David Meisenholder, Manhattan Beach, CA (US); Mathieu Emmanuel Vignau, Los Angeles, CA (US); Sana Park, Santa Monica, CA (US); Tianyi Sun, Culver City, CA (US); Joseph Timothy Fortier, Los Angeles, CA (US); Kaveh Anvaripour, Santa Monica, CA (US); Daniel Moreno, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Kyle Goodrich, Venice, CA (US)
Assigned to SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,153.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,662, filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374132 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/04815 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of receiving and processing content-sending inputs executed by one or more processors in a head-worn device system including one or more display devices, one or more cameras and a generally vertically-arranged touchpad located on a side of the head-worn device system, comprising:
displaying a content item on the one or more display devices;
receiving a content selection touch input on the touchpad, the touchpad being located on the side of the head-worn device system;
displaying a carousel of potential recipients on the one or more display devices in response to the content selection touch input;
receiving a first horizontal touch input on the touchpad on the side of the head-worn device system;
scrolling the carousel of potential recipients left or right on the one or more display devices on the head-worn device through a single-item selection position in which a potential recipient that is located in the selection position on the one or more display devices is selected upon receipt of a subsequent touch input on the touchpad, in response to the first horizontal touch input on the touchpad;
receiving a recipient selection touch input on the touchpad to select a particular recipient located in the selection position;
receiving a content transmission touch input on the touchpad; and
in response to the content transmission touch input, transmitting the content item to the particular recipient.