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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thad Eugene Starner, Atlanta, GA (US);
Karissa A. Sawyer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Greg Ellis Priest-Dorman, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jonathan Moeller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nidhi Rathi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jianyi Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yao Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Chi Kin Benjamin Leung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
This document describes techniques and devices for detecting twist input with an interactive cord. An interactive cord may be constructed with one or more conductive yarns wrapped around a cable in a first direction (e.g., clockwise), and one or more conductive yarns wrapped around the cable in a second direction that is opposite the first direction (e.g., counter-clockwise). A controller measures one or more capacitance values associated with the conductive yarns. In response to detecting a change in the one or more capacitance values, the controller determines that the change in the capacitance values corresponds to twist input caused by the user twisting the interactive cord. Then, the controller initiates one or more functions based on the twist input, such as by controlling audio to a headset by increasing or decreasing the volume, scrolling through menu items, and so forth.