Granted Patent B2

US 12,271,560 · App. 18/482,525 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Inventors: Nicholas Benjamin Pelis (San Francisco, CA); Sean Tomas Mostajo O'Hara (San Mateo, CA); Robert Michael Lohse (Palo Alto, CA); Andrew Carl Heisey (Walnut Creek, CA)

Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC

G06F3/044G06F3/0346G06F3/03547G06F3/0383G06F2203/0331

Abstract

Claims (44)

1. A system comprising;

an interactive control element disposed within a housing of a device;

a first sensor configured to detect a movement of the housing; and

one or more processors configured to perform a method comprising:

receiving, from the first sensor at a first time, an indication of a movement of the housing;

receiving, at a second time different from the first time, an indication of an identity of a user of the device;

in accordance with a detection that a finger of the user is in proximity of the interactive control element at the first time, and further in accordance with a determination that the first time is within a predetermined threshold of the second time, transmitting a signal to a second device, the signal based on the movement of the housing; and

in accordance with a detection that the finger is not in proximity of the interactive control element at the first time, or in accordance with a determination that the first time is not within the predetermined threshold of the second time, forgoing transmitting the signal to the second device,

wherein the signal is configured to control a movement of a mouse element on a user interface display of a wearable head device comprising a second sensor, and wherein the signal is based further on an output of the second sensor.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second time is earlier than the first time.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the housing comprises a sensor; and

the detection that the finger is in proximity of the user interactive control element at the first time is performed via the sensor.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the sensor comprises a sensor adapted to read a fingerprint.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal is further based on the identity of the user.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal comprises a user interface command.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second device comprises the wearable head device.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first sensor at a first time, an indication of a movement of a housing of a device, the housing comprising an interactive control element;

receiving, at a second time different from the first time, an indication of an identity of a user of the device;

in accordance with a detection that a finger of the user is in proximity of the interactive control element at the first time, and further in accordance with a determination that the first time is within a predetermined threshold of the second time, transmitting a signal to a second device, the signal based on the movement of the housing; and

in accordance with a detection that the finger is not in proximity of the interactive control element at the first time, or in accordance with a determination that the first time is not within the predetermined threshold of the second time, forgoing transmitting the signal to the second device,

wherein the signal is configured to control a movement of a mouse element on a user interface display of a wearable head device comprising a second sensor, and wherein the signal is based further on an output of the second sensor.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second time is earlier than the first time.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the housing comprises a sensor; and

the detection that the finger is in proximity of the user interactive control element at the first time is performed via the sensor.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the sensor comprises a sensor adapted to read a fingerprint.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the signal is further based on the identity of the user.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the signal comprises a user interface command.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second device comprises the wearable head device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

receiving, from a first sensor at a first time, an indication of a movement of a housing of a device, the housing comprising an interactive control element;

receiving, at a second time different from the first time, an indication of an identity of a user of the device;

in accordance with a detection that a finger of the user is in proximity of the interactive control element at the first time, and further in accordance with a determination that the first time is within a predetermined threshold of the second time, transmitting a signal to a second device, the signal based on the movement of the housing; and

in accordance with a detection that the finger is not in proximity of the interactive control element at the first time, or in accordance with a determination that the first time is not within the predetermined threshold of the second time, forgoing transmitting the signal to the second device,

wherein the signal is configured to control a movement of a mouse element on a user interface display of a wearable head device comprising a second sensor, and wherein the signal is based further on an output of the second sensor.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second time is earlier than the first time.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:

the housing comprises a sensor; and

the detection that the finger is in proximity of the user interactive control element at the first time is performed via the sensor.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the sensor comprises a sensor adapted to read a fingerprint.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the signal comprises a user interface command.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second device comprises the wearable head device.

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