US 11,815,687 B2
Controlling head-mounted device with gestures into wearable device
Dongeek Shin, Santa Clara, CA (US); Isaac Allen Fehr, Mountain View, CA (US); Sean Kyungmok Bae, Rockville, MD (US); and Ding Xu, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/653,218.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280591 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a head-mounted device, the method comprising:
configuring the head-mounted device to receive input via a wearable device based on:
a front-facing camera included in the head-mounted device capturing an image of the wearable device; and
images captured by a gaze-tracking camera included in the head-mounted device indicating that a user is not focusing on the wearable device while the wearable device is in view of the front-facing camera;
determining that a gesture received by the wearable device includes a request to launch an application; and
in response to determining that the gesture includes the request to launch the application, launching the application.