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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander James Faaborg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chris McKenzie, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01); G06T 2219/024 (2013.01); G09G 2370/16 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus using gestures to share private windows in shared virtual environments are disclosed herein. An example method includes detecting a gesture of a user in a virtual environment associated with a private window in the virtual environment, the private window associated with the user, determining whether the gesture represents a signal to share the private window with another, and, when the gesture represents a signal to share the private window, changing the status of the private window to a shared window.