US 11,704,016 B2
Techniques for interacting with handheld devices
Xiang Anthony Chen, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Tovi Grossman, Toronto (CA); Daniel Wigdor, Toronto (CA); and George Fitzmaurice, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to AUTODESK, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by AUTODESK, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2014, as Appl. No. 14/560,398.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/911,954, filed on Dec. 4, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2015/0153928 A1, Jun. 4, 2015
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0381 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0382 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for multiple device interaction, the method comprising:
detecting a watch orientation of a first watch device relative to a second smart device;
detecting a first gesture that comprises a touch event between a finger and the second smart device without physical contact between the first watch device and the second smart device;
identifying a part of the finger that touches the second smart device during the touch event as a first part of the finger when the watch orientation is a first orientation and a second part of the finger when the watch orientation is a second orientation;
performing a first action when the watch orientation is the first orientation and the part of the finger that touches the second smart device is identified as the first part of the finger; and
performing a second action when the watch orientation is the second orientation and the part of the finger that touches the second smart device is identified as the second part of the finger.