Managing sensory information of a user device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9164609-B2
Application number	US-201313799150-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2013
Priority date	Mar 13, 2013
Publication date	Oct 20, 2015
Grant date	Oct 20, 2015

Abstract

External mobile device sensors may be provided that are configured to manage sensory information associated with motion of objects external to the mobile device. In some examples, the object motion may be detected independent of contact with the device. In some examples, a device may include a screen with a first sensor (e.g., a touch sensor). The device may also include at least a second sensor external to the screen. Instructions may be executed by a processor of the device to at least determine when an object is hovering over a first graphical user interface (GUI) element of the screen. Additionally, in some cases, a second GUI element may be provided on the screen such that the second GUI element is rendered on the screen adjacent to a location under the hovering object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for managing device sensory information, comprising:
under control of a computer system configured with executable instructions,
monitoring, by a first sensor of a mobile device, movement of an object external to and independent of contact with a screen of the mobile device;
receiving, from the first sensor, information indicative of the movement of the object when the movement external to and independent of contact with the…

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Ricks James Edward

Classifications

• G06F3/0421

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0436

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0488

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/041 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06V40/172

  Physics · mapped topic