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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tony Kobayashi, Berkeley, CA (US);
Paul Du Bois, Oakland, CA (US);
Lauren Winston, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes: associating, in a computer system, a virtual controller with a physical controller; allocating a first function to the virtual controller, the allocation providing for performance of the first function using the physical controller; detecting a gesture performed using the physical controller; and in response to detecting the gesture, de-allocating the first function from, or allocating a second function to, the virtual controller.