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Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Muhammad F. Hossain, San Jose, CA (US);

Gabriele D'Amone, Rome, IT;

Stephen E. Dey, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01);
Abstract

A head-mountable device can be operated with devices worn on wrists, arms, hands, and/or other limbs of a user. Such devices can provide indicators that allow a head-mountable device to determine both an identity and a characteristic (e.g., position, orientation, distance, etc.) of the devices and therefore the user. The information regarding the tracking devices and/or the hands can be used to produce a virtual representation of the hands or otherwise be used to receive and interpret gestures as user input. The devices that facilitate such tracking can be worn in a variety or arrangements depending on whether the tracking is to be performed. As such, they can be compactly stored in a manner that allows them to be readily accessible for deployment.


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