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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tyler Reed Kugler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexey Polyudov, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Seungyon Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yun-Ling Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Philip Quinn, San Jose, CA (US);
Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Shumin Zhai, Los Altos, CA (US);
Debanjan Mukherjee, San Jose, CA (US);
James B. Miller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Isaac William Reynolds, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes a processor of an electronic device receiving first input signals from a first sensor in response to user contact at a first edge of the device and second input signals from a second sensor in response to user contact at a second edge of the electronic device. The first and second sensors are covered by a housing of the device. The processor determines an external context of the device based on analysis of the first input signals and the second input signals. The determined external context indicates at least a position of the device relative to a user or an orientation of the device relative to a user. Responsive to determining the external context, the electronic device executes a particular user input action.