Google Inc.

Sabrina Silk Billinghurst

Jia Wei Tam

Yuan Hang Li

Daniel Holle

Gregory Neiswander

Rasekh Rifaat

Ian Douglas Barlow

Jorge Taketoshi Furuya Mariche

Yan Yan

Stefan Day Dierauf

Lauren Wunderlich

Francisco Manuel Galanes

Patrick Brady

Gyeong Sik Choi

Yuanjiao Shen

Zhongxia Yan

Heng Xiong

Bryan Jeffery Moles

In one example, a computing device includes one or more user input detection components, and one or more processors configured to receive an indication of a first user input detected by the one or more user input detection components, responsive to receiving the indication of the first user input, adjust a level of an attention buffer at a defined rate; responsive to determining that the level of the attention buffer satisfies a first threshold, prevent further interaction with a user interface of the computing device, responsive to determining that an indication of a second user input has not been received within a time period, adjust a level of the attention buffer, and responsive to determining that the level of the attention buffer satisfies a second threshold, allow further interaction with the user interface.

Automated pacing of vehicle operator content interaction

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

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Sabrina Silk Billinghurst