Google Inc.

James Paul Tobin

Dongeek Shin

Rajeev Conrad Nongpiur

Andrew C Felch

Brian Mitchell Silverstein

Lu Gao

Wei Li

Ashton Udall

Jian Guo

Jennifer Yeelam Wong

Andrew Christopher Felch

This application is directed to a method for controlling user experience (UX) operations on an electronic device that executes an application. A touchless UX operation associated with the application has an initiation condition including at least detection of a presence and a gesture in a required proximity range with a required confidence level. The electronic device then determines from a first sensor signal the proximity of the presence with respect to the electronic device. In accordance with a determination that the determined proximity is in the required proximity range, the electronic device determines from a second sensor signal a gesture associated with the proximity of the presence and an associated confidence level of the determination of the gesture. In accordance with a determination that the determined gesture and associated confidence level satisfy the initiation condition, the electronic device initializes the touchless UX operation associated with the application.

Confidence-based application-specific user interactions

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

James Paul Tobin