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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Tony DeRose, San Rafael, CA (US);
Kenrick Kin, San Jose, CA (US);
PIXAR, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for a computer system includes determining a plurality of positions of portions of a hand of a user simultaneously placed upon a user interface device of the computer system, retrieving a set of display icons in response to the plurality of positions of the portions of the user hand, displaying the display icons from the set of display icons on a display relative to the plurality of positions of the portions of the user hand; while displaying the display icons on the display, determining a user selection of a display icon from the display icons, and performing a function in response to the user selection of the display icon.