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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Krishna Asur Bharat, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kenneth Wayne Dauber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul L. Fontes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael I. Mills, Redwood City, CA (US);
Erwin S. Tam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vincent J. Hoon, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a gesture-based interface are provided. In some aspects, depth data indicative of a person interacting with one or more display devices is received. The one or more display devices display a plurality of columns. Each of the plurality of columns includes a plurality of icons. A column corresponding to a position of the person with respect to the one or more display devices is determined using the depth data. The column is from among the plurality of columns displayed at the one or more display devices. A signal for expanding a predetermined icon in the column corresponding to the position of the person with respect to the one or more display devices is provided.