Patent ID: 9377854
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G01D,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A wearable computing device to control a separate computing device, the wearable computing device comprising: an interaction detection module to (i) receive first sensor data from an optical sensor of the wearable computing device and (ii) receive second sensor data from another sensor of the wearable computing device, wherein the first sensor data comprises data indicative of a skin surface of a forearm of a user of the wearable computing device; and a control determination module to (i) generate control data for control of the separate computing device based on the received first sensor data and the received second sensor data and (ii) transmit the generated control data to the separate computing device, wherein to generate the control data comprises to generate a z-coordinate from the second sensor data based on detection of linear movement of the wearable computing device relative to the skin surface of the forearm of the user and in a direction perpendicular to the skin surface.