US 12,141,415 B2
Selecting items displayed by a head-worn 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, Culver City, CA (US); Daniel Moreno, New York, NY (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 Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,197.
Application 18/523,197 is a continuation of application No. 17/479,153, filed on Sep. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,880,542.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,662, filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094865 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); 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 selecting items 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 carousel of items on the one or more display devices;
receiving a first horizontal touch input on the touchpad on the side of the head-worn device system;
scrolling the carousel of items left or right on the one or more display devices on the head-worn device system through a single-item selection position, in which an item 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 first item selection touch input on the touchpad to select a first item located in the selection position;
receiving a second horizontal touch input on the touchpad on the side of the head-worn device system;
scrolling the carousel of items left or right on the one or more display devices on the head-worn device system through the selection position in response to the second horizontal touch input on the touchpad;
receiving a second item selection touch input on the touchpad to select a second item located in the selection position; and
receiving a vertical touch input on the touchpad on the side of the head-worn device system to confirm selection of the first and second items.