Google Inc.

Gyeong Sik Choi

Jia Wei Tam

Francisco Manuel Galanes

Lauren Wunderlich

Patrick Brady

Sabrina Silk Billinghurst

Bryan Jeffery Moles

Yuanjiao Shen

Zhongxia Yan

Heng Xiong

Yuan Hang Li

Aurora Marian Adkins

Dylan Thomas Casano

Michael Alexander Digman

Relly Brandman

Angela Park

Stephen John Tapper

A device is described that, while operating in an automobile configuration, causes a vehicle system of an automobile to display part of an automobile graphical user interface (GUI) while locally displaying a different part of the automobile GUI. Responsive to receiving user input for switching to a non-automobile GUI that permits access to at least some features of the device that are restricted by the automobile GUI, the device replaces the part of the automobile GUI that is locally displayed on the device with the non-automobile GUI, all while continuing to cause the vehicle system to display its part of the automobile GUI. The device accesses the at least some features of the device and responsive to receiving user input for switching back to the automobile GUI, the device replaces the non-automobile GUI with the part of the automobile GUI that was previously displayed by the device.

Maintaining an automobile configuration of a mobile computing device while switching between automobile and non-automobile user interfaces

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dismissing displayed elements. In some implementations, a device with a touchscreen is operated using a first touch input threshold value, which may correspond to a minimum distance of input to the touchscreen to identify a gesture. An automobile mode event is detected that initiates an automobile mode for the device. A user input to the touchscreen of the device is received while the device is in the automobile mode. Using a second touch input threshold value corresponding to the automobile mode, the device determines that the user input to the touchscreen of the device represents a gesture corresponding to a user interface element displayed on the device. The device dismisses the user interface element so that the user interface element is no longer displayed.

Dismissing displayed elements

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Gyeong Sik Choi