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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hui Shyong Yeo, Mountain View, CA (US);

Xuelin Huang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Wenxin Feng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0325 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method includes determining, by one or more processors, an estimated location of a wearable computing device on a display device that is not presence-sensitive, wherein the wearable computing device is configured to be worn on a wrist of a user; causing the display device to output, at the estimated location, a graphical pattern; determining, by the one or more processors and based on optical data generated by an optical sensor of the wearable computing device, a refined location of the wearable computing device; and utilizing, by the one or more processors, the refined location of the wearable computing device as a location of user input for an application outputting a graphical user interface via the display device.


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