US 12,346,502 B2
Initiating a computing device interaction mode using off-screen gesture detection
Xuelin Huang, Mountain View, CA (US); and Shumin Zhai, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/040,544
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/070460
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/046151, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0256047 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/017 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1636 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a mobile computing device that includes a housing and a presence-sensitive display device, and based on a first group of sensor signals provided at least by an inertial measurement unit, at least one first gesture that is performed at one or more portions of the housing, wherein the one or more portions of the housing are separate from the presence-sensitive display device, and wherein the inertial measurement unit is included in one or more sensors of the mobile computing device;
selecting, based on the at least one first gesture, an interaction mode from a plurality of interaction modes, wherein the plurality of interaction modes includes three or more interaction modes;
responsive to selecting the interaction mode, initiating, by the mobile computing device, the interaction mode;
outputting, by the mobile computing device, at least one visual or audio indicator for the interaction mode that is associated with a particular function of the mobile computing device;
identifying, by the mobile computing device and based on a second group of sensor signals provided by the one or more sensors, at least one second gesture that is performed at the one or more portions of the housing to confirm a user selection of the particular function that is associated with the at least one visual or audio indicator for the interaction mode; and
responsive to identifying the at least one second gesture, performing, by the mobile computing device, the particular function.