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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Hayes Solos Raffle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sergey Brin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
BO Wu, Alhambra, CA (US);
Michael Patrick Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Sparks, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hayes Solos Raffle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sergey Brin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bo Wu, Alhambra, CA (US);
Michael Patrick Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Sparks, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to winking to capture image data using an image capture device that is associated with a head-mountable device (HMD). An illustrative method includes detecting a wink gesture at an HMD. The method also includes causing an image capture device to capture image data, in response to detecting the wink gesture at the HMD.