Patent ID: 9619049
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: displaying, by one or more computer processors, a control finger graphic on a graphical user interface of a wearable computing device, wherein the control finger graphic includes an outline of a tip portion of a representative finger, the outline of the tip portion of the representative finger extending from a perimeter of the graphical user interface, and wherein a cursor overlays a portion of the control finger graphic and identifies an active pixel that moves in synch with the control finger graphic; determining, by one or more computer processors, a directional displacement of an interface device, and in response, moving, by one or more computer processors, the control finger graphic and the cursor from a first position on the graphical user interface to a second position on the graphical user interface, based, at least in part, on the directional displacement of the interface device, wherein the interface device is a wearable electronic device that is removably connected to a control finger of a user of the wearable computing device; responsive to determining, by one or more computer processors, that a position of the active pixel on the graphical user interface corresponds to a position of a graphical user interface object, modifying, by one or more computer processors, the graphical user interface to visually indicate an association between the active pixel and the graphical user interface object; and responsive to determining, by one or more computer processors, that a force exerted by a surface in contact with the interface device exceeds a threshold, activating, by one or more computer processors, the graphical user interface object.