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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thad Eugene Starner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Patrick Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01C 17/02 (2006.01); G01C 19/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/00 (2013.01); G01C 17/02 (2013.01); G01C 19/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described that involve a wearable computing device or an associated device determining the orientation of a person's head relative to their body. To do so, example methods and systems may compare sensor data from the wearable computing device to corresponding sensor data from a tracking device that is expected to move in a manner that follows the wearer's body, such a mobile phone that is located in the wearable computing device's wearer's pocket.