Patent ID: 9747781
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A43B,G08B

Claim:
1. A method of initiating a command in a computing system having a processor, the method comprising: detecting activity at a first wearable item or a second wearable item of a pair of wearable items; changing a power mode of the processor from a lowest power sleep mode to a low power sleep mode, the low power sleep mode activating proximity detection in the pair of wearable items that was deactivated in the lowest power sleep mode; detecting that the pair of wearable items are in close proximity; activating a command interface connected to the processor in response to detecting that the pair of wearable items are in close proximity, wherein activating the command interface includes awakening the processor by changing the power mode of the processor from the low power mode to an awake and listening power mode, the awake and listening power mode activating gesture detection in the pair of wearable items that was deactivated in the low power sleep mode; identifying a plurality of gestures performed within a predetermined period of time by the pair of wearable items, wherein a first gesture of the plurality of gestures is performed using a first wearable item of the pair of wearable items and a second gesture of the plurality of gestures is performed using a second wearable item of the pair of wearable items; determining a gesture-based command from the plurality of gestures via the command interface; and providing feedback in response to the gesture-based command.