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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Simonian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joe Freeman Britt, Jr., Los Altos, CA (US);
Erich Schlaepfer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01);
Abstract
Control of one or more switches arrayed in a multi-gang switch box is disclosed. One or more sensors may receive or provide an indication of a gesture near one of the switches. An indication of the switch determined to which a gesture is determined to be directed toward may be displayed. A state change may be performed on the switch according to the gesture.