Granted Patent B2

US 12,405,657 · App. 18/398,022 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Inventors: Kenneth Luke Kocienda (Mill Valley, CA); Imran A. Chaudhri (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

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Abstract

Claims (83)

1. A method comprising:

capturing, by a wearable multimedia device, sensor data from at least one of a camera or a depth sensor of the wearable multimedia device;

determining, by the wearable multimedia device, based on the sensor data, a presence of at least one of a first hand or a second hand; and

at least one of:

responsive to determining the presence of the first hand, projecting, using a laser projector of the wearable multimedia device, a first virtual interface (VI) of a first application on a first surface of the first hand, or

responsive to determining the presence of the second hand, projecting, using the laser projector, a second VI of a second application on a second surface of the second hand,

wherein the first application is different from the second application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first surface is a palm of the first hand, and wherein

the second surface is a palm of the second hand.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application is selected from a first set of

applications, and wherein the second application is selected from a second set of applications different from the first set of applications.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on configuration data, that the first application is associated with the first hand, and

determining, based on the configuration data, that the second application is associated with the second hand.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the configuration data is specified, at least in part, by a user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the presence of at least one of the first hand or the second hand comprises:

determining that at least one of the first hand or the second hand is in a field of view of at least one of the camera or the depth sensor.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the presence of at least one of the first hand or the second hand comprises:

determining that at least one of the first hand or the second hand is in a projection area of the laser projector.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on the sensor data, an orientation of the first hand, and at least one of:

performing one or more first operations responsive to determining than the first hand is oriented in a first orientation, or

performing one or more second operations responsive to determining than the first hand is oriented in a second orientation, wherein the first orientation is different form the second orientation.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first orientation corresponds to a palm of the first hand facing the wearable multimedia device, and wherein the second orientation corresponds to a back of the first hand facing the wearable multimedia device.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining, based on the sensor data, an orientation of the second hand, and at least one of:

performing one or more third operations responsive to determining than the second hand is oriented in a third orientation, or

performing one or more fourth operations responsive to determining than the second hand is oriented in a fourth orientation, wherein the third orientation is different form the fourth orientation.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the third orientation corresponds to a palm of the second hand facing the wearable multimedia device, and wherein the fourth orientation corresponds to a back of the second hand facing the wearable multimedia device.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on the sensor data, a number of fingers of the first hand that are extended outward,

determining one or more first operations based on the number of fingers of the first hand that are extended outward, and

performing the one or more first operations.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining, based on the sensor data, a number of fingers of the second hand that are extended outward,

determining one or more second operations based on the number of fingers of the second hand that are extended outward, and

performing the one or more second operations, wherein the one or more first operations are different from the one or more second operations.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application is one of:

a note taking application,

a calendar application,

a messaging application,

a content viewing application,

a map application,

a web browser applications,

a financial application,

a shopping application, or

a productivity application.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second application is another one of:

the note taking application,

the calendar application,

the messaging application,

the map application,

the web browser applications,

the financial application,

the shopping application, or

the productivity application.

16. A wearable multimedia device, comprising:

at least one of a camera or a depth sensor;

a laser projector;

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

capturing sensor data using at least one of the camera or the depth sensor;

determining, based on the sensor data, a presence of at least one of a first hand or a second hand; and

at least one of:

responsive to determining the presence of the first hand, projecting, using the laser projector, a first virtual interface (VI) of a first application on a first surface of the first hand, or

responsive to determining the presence of the second hand, projecting, using the laser projector, a second VI of a second application on a second surface of the second hand,

wherein the first application is different from the second application.

17. The wearable multimedia device of claim 16 , wherein

the first surface is a palm of the first hand, and wherein

the second surface is a palm of the second hand.

18. The wearable multimedia device of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:

determining, based on configuration data, that the first application is associated with the first hand, and

determining, based on the configuration data, that the second application is associated with the second hand.

19. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

capturing, by a wearable multimedia device, sensor data from at least one of a camera or a depth sensor of the wearable multimedia device;

determining, by the wearable multimedia device, based on the sensor data, a presence of at least one of a first hand or a second hand; and

at least one of:

responsive to determining the presence of the first hand, projecting, using a laser projector of the wearable multimedia device, a first virtual interface (VI) of a first application on a first surface of the first hand, or

responsive to determining the presence of the second hand, projecting, using the laser projector, a second VI of a second application on a second surface of the second hand,

wherein the first application is different from the second application.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media claim 19 , the operations further comprising:

determining, based on configuration data, that the first application is associated with the first hand, and

determining, based on the configuration data, that the second application is associated with the second hand.

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