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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amber M. Pierce, Evanston, IL (US);
Michael J Lombardi, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Assignee:
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G09G 5/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); G06K 9/00067 (2013.01); G06K 9/00087 (2013.01); G09G 5/38 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0492 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an electronic device is provided, in which the device detects contact with a user's finger, scans its fingerprint and sets the orientation of the electronic device based on the fingerprint (e.g., whether is from the user's left hand or right hand) and on an angle of the fingerprint with respect to the device. This allows the electronic device to determine its orientation with respect to the user rather than with respect to the environment.