WEARABLE CONTENT NAVIGATION DEVICE
Techniques, systems, and methods are disclosed to implement a wearable content navigation device configured to interact with one or more media devices through gestures. A mobile device may receive motion data indicating movement of a wearable device. By analyzing the motion data to detect performance of one or more particular gestures, the mobile device may determine, based on a set of mappings between gestures and actions, one or more actions based on the detected one or more particular gestures. Subsequently, performance of the one or more actions by a media device may be caused.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device, motion data indicating movement of a wearable device;
analyzing the motion data to detect performance of one or more particular gestures;
determining, based on a set of mappings between gestures and actions to be performed, one or more actions based on the detected one or more particular gestures;
sending, by the mobile device, the determined one or more actions to a media device;
causing performance of the determined one or more actions by the media device.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wearable device is a smartwatch.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion data indicating movement of the wearable device includes accelerometer data generated by the wearable device.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion data includes a series of acceleration measurements, each acceleration measurement associated with a timestamp.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the motion data to detect performance of one or more particular gestures includes detecting performance of a particular series of gestures.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein causing performance of the one or more actions by the media device includes sending one or more additional commands to another media device.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more actions includes one or more of rewinding, pausing, fast forwarding, and recording multimedia content.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the action includes sending a request to a social networking website.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of mappings between gestures and actions include at least one customized gesture to action mapping.
10 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:
receiving, by a mobile device, motion data indicating movement of a wearable device;
analyzing the motion data to detect performance of one or more particular gestures;
determining, based on a set of mappings between gestures and actions to be performed, one or more actions based on the detected one or more particular gestures;
sending, by the mobile device, the determined one or more actions to a media device;
causing performance of the determined one or more actions by the media device.
11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the wearable device is a smartwatch.
12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the motion data indicating movement of the wearable device includes accelerometer data generated by the wearable device.
13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the motion data includes a series of acceleration measurements, each acceleration measurement associated with a timestamp.
14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein analyzing the motion data to detect performance of one or more particular gestures includes detecting performance of a particular series of gestures.
15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein causing performance of the one or more actions by the media device includes sending one or more additional commands to another media device.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the one or more actions includes one or more of rewinding, pausing, fast forwarding, and recording multimedia content.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the action includes sending a request to a social networking website.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the set of mappings between gestures and actions include at least one customized gesture to action mapping.
19 . An apparatus comprising:
a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that receives, by a mobile device, motion data indicating movement of a wearable device;
a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that analyzes the motion data to detect performance of one or more particular gestures;
a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that determines, based on a set of mappings between gestures and actions to be performed, one or more actions based on the detected one or more particular gestures;
a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that sends, by the mobile device, the determined one or more actions to a media device;
a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that causes performance of the determined one or more actions by the media device.
20 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the wearable device is a smartwatch.
21 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the motion data indicating movement of the wearable device includes accelerometer data generated by the wearable device.
22 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the motion data includes a series of acceleration measurements, each acceleration measurement associated with a timestamp.
23 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein analyzing the motion data to detect performance of one or more particular gestures includes detecting performance of a particular series of gestures.
24 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein causing performance of the one or more actions by the media device includes sending one or more additional commands to another media device.
25 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the one or more actions includes one or more of rewinding, pausing, fast forwarding, and recording multimedia content.
26 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the action includes sending a request to a social networking website.
27 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the set of mappings between gestures and actions include at least one customized gesture to action mapping.