Patent Publication Number: US-11644902-B2

Title: Gesture-based content transfer

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     This description relates to controlling content on electronic devices. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Users can have multiple electronic devices capable of presenting content. A user may desire for content presented by a first electronic device to be presented by a second electronic device. 
     SUMMARY 
     According to an example, a method can include determining, by a head-mounted device, that a user is looking at a first electronic device; determining that the user made a predefined gesture; determining content that was presented by the first electronic device when the user made the predefined gesture; and instructing a second electronic to present the content that was presented by the first electronic device when the user made the predefined gesture. 
     According to an example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can include instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions can be configured to cause a head-mounted device to determine that a user is looking at a first electronic device, determine that the user made a predefined gesture, determine content that was presented by the first electronic device when the user made the predefined gesture, and instruct a second electronic to present the content that was presented by the first electronic device when the user made the predefined gesture. 
     According to an example, a head-mounted device can include at least one processor, and anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions can be configured to cause the head-mounted device to, determine that a user is looking at a first electronic device, determine that the user made a predefined gesture, determine content that was presented by the first electronic device when the user made the predefined gesture, and instruct a second electronic to present the content that was presented by the first electronic device when the user made the predefined gesture. 
     The details of one or more implementations are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a network diagram showing devices that can implement the techniques described herein. 
         FIG.  2 A  is a perspective view of a user viewing a first electronic device that is presenting content. 
         FIG.  2 B  shows an image of the first electronic device captured by a head-mounted device. 
         FIG.  2 C  is a perspective view of the user initiating a predefined gesture toward the first electronic device. 
         FIG.  2 D  shows an image, captured by the head-mounted device, of the user initiating the predefined gesture. 
         FIG.  2 E  is a perspective view of the user continuing the predefined gesture toward a second electronic device. 
         FIG.  2 F  shows an image, captured by the head-mounted device, of the user continuing the predefined gesture. 
         FIG.  2 G  is a perspective view showing the second electronic device presenting the content. 
         FIG.  3    is a flowchart showing processes performed by the head-mounted device. 
         FIG.  4    is a block diagram of the head-mounted device. 
         FIG.  5 A  is a front perspective view of an implementation of the head-mounted device as augmented-reality glasses. 
         FIG.  5 B  is a rear perspective view of an implementation of the head-mounted device as augmented-reality glasses. 
         FIG.  6    is a perspective view of another implementation of the head-mounted device. 
         FIG.  7    shows a prompt presented by a display included in the head-mounted device. 
         FIG.  8    is a flowchart of a method performed by the head-mounted device. 
         FIG.  9    shows an example of a computer device and a mobile computer device that can be used to implement the techniques described here. 
     
    
    
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     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     A head-mounted device can facilitate transferring content, such as a video, from a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The user can find content on the first electronic device, which is easy to navigate and/or provide input into, but has a small screen or display, and the head-mounted device can transfer the content to the second electronic device, which has a larger screen and/or display. The head-mounted device can determine which device, that the user was looking at, which will be considered the first electronic device. The head-mounted device can determine that the user made a predefined gesture after looking at the first electronic device. The head-mounted device can determine content, such as video content, that the first electronic device was presenting when the user made the predefined gesture. The head-mounted device can instruct a second electronic device to present the content. The second electronic device can respond to receiving the instruction from the head-mounted device by presenting the content. The head-mounted device can enable the user to easily transfer content from the first electronic device to the second electronic device by performing the predefined gesture. 
       FIG.  1    is a network diagram showing devices that can implement the techniques described herein. In this example, the devices are included in a wireless network  100 . In some examples, the wireless network  100  can be served by an access point  102 , such as an Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) access point that serves a wireless local area network (WLAN). The access point  102  can communicate with the other devices in the wireless network  100 , and can relay messages and/or instructions between devices in the wireless network  100 . In some examples, the devices can form a peer-to-peer network, communicating with each other directly. 
     The wireless network  100  can include electronic devices that present and/or play content, such as media content. The content can include, for example, video content. The devices that present and/or display content can include, for example, a television  104 , a smartphone  106 , and/or a tablet  108 . 
     The wireless network  100  can include a head-mounted device  110 . The head-mounted device  110  can include a head-mounted computing device, such as augmented-reality glasses (an example of which is shown in  FIGS.  5 A and  5 B ) or an augmented-reality earbud (an example of which is shown in  FIG.  6   ), as non-limiting examples. The head-mounted device  110  can be wirelessly coupled to the other electronic devices, which can be considered a first electronic device and a second electronic device and can include the smartphone  106 , the tablet  108 , and the television  104 , via the access point  102 , or by a peer-to-peer technique such as IEEE 801.15 (Bluetooth). The head-mounted device  110  can include a camera that captures images for recognizing devices, such as a smartphone  106  or tablet, and/or for recognizing gestures performed by a user. In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can include a display for presenting information to the user, such as a prompt for the user to perform a gesture that prompts a response from the head-mounted device  110 . 
     In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can facilitate transferring content, such as a video, from a first electronic device, such as the smartphone  106  or tablet  108 , to a second electronic device, such as the television  104 . In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can facilitate transferring content from the television  104  to the smartphone  106  or tablet  108 . The user can find content on a first electronic device, such as the smartphone  106  or tablet  108 , which is easy to navigate and/or provide input into, but has a small screen or display, and the head-mounted device  110  can transfer the content to the second electronic device, such as the television  104 , which has a larger screen and/or display. The head-mounted device  110  can determine which device, such as the smartphone  106  or tablet  108 , that the user was looking at, which will be considered the first electronic device. The head-mounted device  110  can determine which device that the user was looking at based on a direction that the head-mounted device  110  was pointing and a determined location of the device, and/or based on an image captured by a camera included in the head-mounted device  110 . The head-mounted device  110  can determine that the user made a gesture, which may be a predefined gesture, after and/or while looking at the first electronic device. The predefined gesture can include a movement of the user&#39;s hand that does not contact the first electronic device. The predefined gesture can include, for example, a grabbing and/or throwing motion. The head-mounted device  110  can determine that the user made the predefined gesture based on images captured by the camera included in the head-mounted device  110 . The head-mounted device  110  can determine content, such as video content, that the first electronic device was presenting when the user made the predefined gesture. In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can determine the content by requesting a file and/or universal resource locator (URL) representing the content from the first electronic device, and/or a location (such as a time within a video) from the first electronic device. The head-mounted device  110  can instruct a second electronic device, such as the television  104 , to present the content. The head-mounted device  110  can instruct the second electronic device by sending an instruction, including the file and/or URL and location to the second electronic device. The second electronic device can respond to receiving the instruction from the head-mounted device  110  by presenting the content. 
       FIG.  2 A  is a perspective view of a user  200  viewing a first electronic device that is presenting content  204 . In this example, the first electronic device presenting content  204  is the smartphone  106  (the content  204  is labeled in  FIGS.  2 B,  2 D , and  2 F). In some examples, the content  204  can include media content retrieved by the first electronic device. In some examples, the content  204  can include content generated by the user  200  on the first electronic device, such as a presentation or design that the user  200  created and/or generated on a smartphone  106  or tablet  108 . In the examples in which the user  200  generated and/or created the content  204 , the user  200  can instruct the head-mounted device  110  to transfer the content  204  from the first electronic device to the second electronic device so that the user  200  can view and/or edit the content  204  on different form factors and/or different sizes of displays. In some examples, the user  200  can edit the content  204  on the first electronic device, and the first electronic device will send and/or transfer the edited content to the second electronic device, allowing the user to view the edited content on the second electronic device. 
     The user  200  can be wearing the head-mounted device  110  on the user&#39;s head while, for example, sitting on a chair  208 . The user  200  can be in a same room as a second electronic device, which, in the example shown in  FIG.  2 A , is the television  104 . In the example shown in  FIG.  2 A , the head-mounted device  110  includes augmented-reality glasses. In this example, the user  200  is holding the first electronic device (the smartphone  106 ) with the user&#39;s  200  left hand  202 A, and interacting with and/or providing touch input into the first electronic device (the smartphone  106 ) with the user&#39;s right hand  202 B. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can determine that the user  200  is looking at the smartphone  106  (which is an example of the first electronic device) and/or that the head-mounted device  110  is pointing at the smartphone  106 . In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can determine that the user  200  is looking at the smartphone  106  and/or that the head-mounted device  110  is pointing at the smartphone  106  based on a direction  206  and/or orientation of the head-mounted device  110  (which the head-mounted device  110  can determine based on an accelerometer included in the head-mounted device  110 ) and a determined location of the smartphone  106 . The head-mounted device  110  can determine the location of the smartphone  106  based on a location transmitted by the smartphone  106  (which can be based on a global positioning system (GPS) included in the smartphone  106 ), based on triangulation of signals sent and received by devices included in the wireless network  100 , and/or based on data collected by the camera included in the head-mounted device  110 , as non-limiting examples. In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can determine that the user  200  is looking at the smartphone  106  and/or that the head-mounted device  110  is pointing at the smartphone  106  based on an image of the smartphone  106  being captured by the camera included in the head-mounted device  110 . 
       FIG.  2 B  shows an image  210  of the first electronic device captured by a head-mounted device  110 . As discussed above, in this example, the first electronic device is the smartphone  106 . 
     In the example shown in  FIG.  2 B , the captured image  210  includes an image of the smartphone  106 A (the user&#39;s  200  hand  202 A is omitted for illustrative purposes). The head-mounted device  110  can perform image recognition to determine that the image of the smartphone  106 A represents the smartphone  106 . The head-mounted device  110  can maintain a list of devices in the wireless network  100 , which can be based on addresses such as Medium Access Control (MAC) addresses, and which can indicate the type and/or appearance of the devices. The head-mounted device  110  can compare the image of the smartphone  106 A in the captured image  210  to images of devices that match the types of devices in the list maintained by the head-mounted device  110 . The head-mounted device  110  can select the device from the list that appears most similar to the image of the device captured by the camera included in the head-mounted device  110 . If the image of the smartphone  106 A matches the characteristics of a device in the list maintained by the head-mounted device  110 , then the head-mounted device  110  can determine that the user  200  is looking at, and/or that the head-mounted device  110  is pointing at the matching device, in this example the smartphone  106 . 
     The head-mounted device  110  can store an indicator of the most recent device, such as the smartphone  106 , that the user  200  was looking at and/or that the head-mounted device  110  was pointing at. The head-mounted device  110  can store the most recent device as the first electronic device so that, upon determining that the user  200  has performed the predefined gesture, the head-mounted device  110  can determine content that the most recent device was presenting. 
     After the head-mounted device  110  has determined and/or stored the most recent device that the user  200  was looking at and/or that the head-mounted device  110  was pointing at, the head-mounted device  110  can recognize a predefined gesture performed by the user  200 , and/or determine that the user  200  has made and/or performed the predefined gesture. In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can prompt the user to perform the predefined gesture by presenting a prompt on a display included in the head-mounted device  110 . The head-mounted device  110  can recognize the predefined gesture and/or determine that the user has made and/or performed the predefined gesture based on images captured by the camera included in the head-mounted device  110 . In some examples, the predefined gesture can include a grabbing motion toward the first electronic device (such as the smartphone  106 ) by the user&#39;s hand  202 B and/or a throwing motion toward the second electronic device (such as the television  104 ) by the user&#39;s hand  202 B. 
       FIG.  2 C  is a perspective view of the user  200  initiating a predefined gesture toward the first electronic device. In this example, the initiation of the predefined gesture by the user  200  includes the user  200  making a grabbing motion toward the first electronic device (the smartphone  106 ) with the user&#39;s  200  right hand  202 B while the smartphone  106  is presenting content. As described herein, a “grabbing motion,” or, “grabbing gesture,” can also be considered a lifting motion or lifting gesture. The predefined gesture, including the grabbing motion, does not include the user&#39;s  200  hand  202 B contacting the first electronic device. 
       FIG.  2 D  shows an image  220 , captured by the head-mounted device  110 , of the user  200  initiating the predefined gesture.  FIG.  2 D  shows the image  220  captured by the camera included in the head-mounted device  110  while the user  200  is making the grabbing gesture with the user&#39;s  200  right hand  202 B toward the smartphone  106 A as shown and described with respect to  FIG.  2 C .  FIG.  2 D  shows a hand image  202 C that corresponds to the hand  202 B making a grabbing motion toward the image of the smartphone  106 A that corresponds to the smartphone  106 . The user  200  can continue the predefined gesture by making a throwing motion toward the second electronic device, which can be the television  104 . 
       FIG.  2 E  is a perspective view of the user  200  continuing the predefined gesture toward a second electronic device. In this example, the continuation of the predefined gesture includes the user  200  making a throwing motion with the user&#39;s  200  hand  202 B toward the second electronic device (the television  104 ). The predefined gesture, including the throwing motion, does not include the user&#39;s  200  hand  202 B contacting the first electronic device. The head-mounted device  110  can recognize the throwing motion as completing the predefined gesture. 
       FIG.  2 F  shows an image  230 , captured by the head-mounted device  110 , of the user  200  continuing the predefined gesture.  FIG.  2 F  shows the image  230  captured by the camera included in the head-mounted device  110  while the user  200  is making the throwing gesture with the user&#39;s  200  right hand  202 B toward the television  104  (not shown in  FIG.  2 F ) as shown and described with respect to  FIG.  2 E .  FIG.  2 F  shows a hand image  202 C that corresponds to the hand  202 B making a throwing motion toward the location of the television  104 , and/or away from the image of the smartphone  106 A that corresponds to the smartphone  106 . The throwing motion completes the predefined gesture. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can recognize the predefined gesture, which in some examples can include the grabbing and throwing motions described above, and/or determine that the user made and/or performed the predefined gesture. Based on recognizing the predefined gesture, and/or determining that the user  200  made and/or performed the predefined gesture, the head-mounted device  110  can cause the second electronic device, such as the television  104 , to present and/or play the content  204  that the first electronic device, such as the smartphone  106 , was presenting and/or playing when the head-mounted device recognized the predefined gesture and/or determined that the user  200  made and/or performed the predefined gesture. In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can cause the second electronic device to present the content  204  by requesting the first electronic device to send an identifier of the content  204 , such as a universal resource locator (URL) and timestamp of a video, to the head-mounted device  110 , receiving the identifier of the content  204  from the first electronic device, and sending an instruction to the second electronic device to present the content  204 . The instruction to the second electronic device can include the identifier. The instruction to the second electronic device can cause the second electronic device to respond to the instruction by presenting the content  204 . In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can cause the second electronic device to present the content  204  by requesting the first electronic device to send a file that includes the content  204  to either the head-mounted device  110  or to the second electronic device. After requesting the first electronic device to send the file, the head-mounted device  110  can send an instruction (which can include the file if the first electronic device sent the file to the head-mounted device  110 ) to the second electronic device to present the content  204 , and the second electronic device can present the content  204 . 
       FIG.  2 G  is a perspective view showing the second electronic device presenting the content  204 . The second electronic device, which in this example is the television  104 , has responded to receiving the instruction from the head-mounted device  110  and/or the first electronic device to present the content  204  by presenting the content  204 . The second electronic device can present the content by, for example, sending a content request (which can be included in a GET method) to a server addressed by the universal resource locator (URL), receiving a file from the server in response to sending the request, and presenting the content  204  based on the file received from the server. 
       FIG.  3    is a flowchart showing processes performed by the head-mounted device  110 . In some examples, the user  200 , and/or an account associated with the user  200 , can log into the first electronic device ( 302 ) and into the second electronic device ( 304 ). The user  200  can log into the first electronic device ( 302 ) and the second electronic device ( 304 ) in examples in which the content  204  can be accessed only by authorized users. The user  200  can log into the first and second electronic devices in any order. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can determine which electronic device the user  200  is looking at ( 306 ). The head-mounted device  110  can determine which electronic device the user  200  is looking at ( 306 ) based, for example, on the direction  206  and/or orientation of the head-mounted device  110  and determined locations of the electronic devices in the wireless network  100 , and/or based on recognizing an image of the first electronic device captured by the camera included in the head-mounted device  110 . In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can determine which electronic device the user  20  is looking at ( 306 ) based on gaze tracking, and/or determining a direction that the user&#39;s  200  eye(s) are pointing based on image(s) captured by one or more cameras included in the head-mounted device  110  that face the user&#39;s  200  eyes. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can store the most-recent electronic device that the user  200  looked at ( 308 ). The head-mounted device  110  can, for example, write over the previous most-recent electronic device that the user  200  looked at, so that only the most recently-viewed electronic device is stored. 
     After determining and/or storing a most recent electronic device that the user looked at, the head-mounted device  110  can determine whether a predefined gesture is recognized ( 310 ). In some examples, the predefined gesture can include a grabbing and throwing motion, in which the user  200  appears to grab the content  204  from the first electronic device and throw the content  204  to the second electronic device, which can be considered to be an instruction by the user  200  for the second electronic device to present and/or play the content being presented and/or played by the first electronic device. The head-mounted device  110  can recognize the gesture based on the captured images  220 ,  230  by performing any of various object recognition techniques including machine learning techniques and/or deep learning techniques. 
     If the head-mounted device  110  does not recognize a predefined gesture, then the head-mounted device  110  can continue determining the electronic device that the user  200  is looking at ( 306 ), so that when the head-mounted device  110  does recognize the predefined gesture, the most-recently viewed electronic device will have been updated. 
     If the head-mounted device  110  does recognize the predefined gesture, then the head-mounted device  110  can determine which content  204  the first electronic device and/or most-recently viewed electronic device is presenting and/or playing ( 312 ). The head-mounted device  110  can determine which content  204  the first electronic device is presenting and/or playing ( 312 ) by sending a content request to the first electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device can respond to the content request by sending, to the head-mounted device  110 , a file that was being presented and/or played and an identifier of a location within the file that was being presented and/or played. In some examples, the first electronic device can respond to the content request by sending, to the head-mounted device, an address, such as a universal resource locator (URL), of the content  204 , as well as a location and/or time to indicate a location and/or time within the content  204  that the first computing device was presenting and/or playing. 
     After determining the content  312 , the head-mounted device  110  can send an instruction ( 314 ) to the second electronic device to present and/or play the content  204  that was being presented and/or played by the first electronic device. In some examples, the instruction to the second electronic device can include the file received from the first electronic device that included the content  204 . In some examples, the instruction can include an address, such as a URL, of the content  204 . In some examples, the instruction can include a location and/or time so that the second electronic device can present the correct portion of the file or other representation, so that the second electronic device can seamlessly continue presenting the content  204 . In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can instruct the second electronic device to present and/or play the content  204  by instructing the first electronic device to transfer a file that includes the content to the second electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device can respond to the instruction by pausing playing the content on the first electronic device. The second electronic device can respond to the instruction by presenting the content  204  based on the file or address and the location or time. After sending the instruction ( 314 ) to the second electronic device, the head-mounted device  110  can continue determining the electronic device that the user is looking at ( 306 ) so that the head-mounted device  110  can transfer content again the next time the head-mounted device  110  recognizes a predefined gesture. 
       FIG.  4    is a block diagram of the head-mounted device  110 . The head-mounted device  110  can include an image recognizer  402 . The image recognizer  402  can recognize objects in images  210 ,  220 ,  230  captured by the head-mounted device  110 , such as electronic devices (including the type of electronic device, such as a smartphone  106 , a tablet computing device  108 , or a television  104 ), or a hand of a user  200 . The image recognizer  402  can recognize the objects based on object recognition techniques such as machine learning techniques and/or deep learning techniques. In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can determine which electronic device the user  200  is looking at based on recognizing the electronic device in the captured image  210 . 
     The head-mounted device  110  can include a direction determiner  404 . The direction determiner  404  can determine a direction  206  that the head-mounted device  110  is pointing and/or an orientation of the head-mounted device  110 , such as based on an accelerometer included in the head-mounted device  110 , based on which the direction that the user  200  is looking can be inferred. In some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can determine the electronic device that the user  200  is looking at based on the determined direction  206  and known and/or determined locations of the electronic devices. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can include a device store  406 . The device store  406  can store the most-recently viewed electronic device. The most-recently stored electronic device can be determined by the image recognizer  402  and/or by the direction determiner  404 . 
     The head-mounted device  110  can include a gesture recognizer  408 . The gesture recognizer  408  can recognize gestures, such as hand gestures performed by a user  200 . The gesture recognizer  408  can recognize the gestures based on image recognition techniques such as machine learning techniques and/or deep learning techniques. The gesture recognizer  408  can include and/or store a gesture library  409 . The gesture library  409  can include and/or store one or more predefined gestures. The gesture recognizer  408  can determine whether a gesture and/or motion matches one or more predefined gestures stored in the gesture library  409 . The gesture recognizer  408  can determine whether a gesture and/or motion matches one or more predefined gestures stored in the gesture library  409  by, for example, calling a gesture recognition function and/or application programming interface (API) that compares a probability that the gesture captured by the camera matches a predefined gesture stored in the gesture library  409  to a threshold. If the probability meets or exceeds the threshold, then the gesture recognizer can determine that the gesture and/or motion does match the predefined gesture stored in the gesture library  409 . If the gesture and/or motion does match the predefined gesture stored in the gesture library  409 , the gesture recognizer  408  can prompt the head-mounted device  110  to perform a predefined action, such as instructing a second electronic device to present and/or play content in response to the gesture recognizer  408  recognizing a predefined grab-and-throw gesture. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can include a content determiner  410 . The content determiner  410  can determine the content  204  that the first electronic device is presenting and/or playing. The content determiner  410  can determine the content  204  by, for example, sending a content request to the first electronic device and receiving, from the first electronic device in response to the content request, a content message. The content message can include a file from which the content was generated and an indicator of a location or time within the file that the first electronic device was presenting and/or playing the content, or an address such as a URL of the content and an indicator of the location or time to maintain the same content  204  on the second electronic device. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can include an instruction generator  412 . The instruction generator  412  can generate and/or send an instruction to the second electronic device for the second electronic device to present and/or play the content  204  that the first electronic device had been presenting and/or playing. The instruction generator  412  can send, to the second electronic device, a content presentation message prompting the second electronic device to present the content  204 . The content presentation message can include the file and/or an address of the content  204 , and/or a location or time within the file to present the content  204 . The second electronic device can present and/or play the content  204  in response to receiving the content presentation message and/or instruction from the instruction generator  412 . 
     The head-mounted device  110  can include at least one processor  414 . The at least one processor  414  can execute instructions, such as instructions stored in at least one memory device  416 , to cause the head-mounted device  110  to perform any combination of methods, functions, and/or techniques described herein. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can include at least one memory device  416 . The at least one memory device  616  can include a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The memory  416  can store a list of devices  418  (such as the smartphone  106 , tablet  108 , and television  104  in the example of  FIG.  1   ) in the wireless network  100 . The memory  416  can store a most recent device  420  that the user  200  looked at and/or that the head-mounted device  110  looked at. The at least one memory device  416  can store data and instructions  422  thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, such as the processor  414 , are configured to cause a computing system such as the head-mounted device  110  to perform any combination of methods, functions, and/or techniques described herein. Accordingly, in any of the implementations described herein (even if not explicitly noted in connection with a particular implementation), software (e.g., processing modules, stored instructions) and/or hardware (e.g., processor, memory devices, etc.) associated with, or included in, the head-mounted device  110  can be configured to perform, alone, or in combination with the other electronic devices, any combination of methods, functions, and/or techniques described herein. 
     The head-mounted device  110  can include at least one input/output node  424 . The at least one input/output node  424  can receive and/or send data, and/or can receive input and provide output from and to a user. The input and output functions may be combined into a single node, or may be divided into separate input and output nodes. The input/output node  224  can include, for example, a camera, a speaker, a microphone, one or more buttons, a motion detector and/or accelerometer, a thermometer, a light sensor, and/or one or more wired or wireless interfaces for communicating with other computing devices. 
       FIG.  5 A  is a front perspective view of an implementation of the head-mounted device  110  as augmented-reality (AR) glasses  500 . The AR glasses  500  can include at least a lens frame  505 , a first lens element  520 , a second lens element  525 , a first side-arm  530 , a second side-arm  535 , an image capture device (e.g., a camera  540 ), and a display  545 . 
     The lens frame  505 , first side-arm  530  and second side-arm  535  can be configured to support and contain components, circuitry, and interconnects. For example, the first side-arm can have a portion  532  configured to support a battery (e.g., rechargeable battery). The size of the portion  532  can limit size of the battery and its corresponding available energy between charging. The techniques described herein can be advantageous because they can help to extend the life of the battery. In other words, the techniques disclosed herein can help to extend a useable period of the AR device between charges. The lens frame  505 , the first side-arm  530  and/or the second side-arm  535  can further support and enclose a processor (not shown), memory (not shown), and an audio interface (not shown). The audio interface can include a speaker or speakers (cone, bone-conduction, etc.) to convey audio data to a user. Additionally, the audio interface can include one or more microphones to capture sounds, such as voice commands from a user. 
     The AR glasses  500  can include a display  545 . The display  545  can include a projector to project images and a prism to route the images to a user&#39;s eye. Additionally, light from a field-of-view  550  can pass through the prism to an eye of a user, thereby making the displayed images appear overlaid onto the environment observed by the user. In other words, the display and glasses can function as a heads-up display (HUD) for the user. The prism can be separate from the first lens element  520  or the second lens element  525  as shown in  FIG.  5 A ; however, in in another possible implementation it can be less conspicuous. 
     The prism can be incorporated in the first lens element  520  and/or the second lens element  525 . For example, a coating on a surface of the first lens element  520  and/or the second lens element  525  can partially reflect a projected image while also allowing light from a field of view to pass through to the user. 
       FIG.  5 B  is a rear perspective view of an implementation of the head-mounted device  110  as augmented-reality glasses. The second lens element  525  can be used as a prism for the HUD. A projector  565  integrated in a side-arm  560  of the AR glasses can project images in an area  570  of the second lens element  525 . The projected images can be reflected from the area to an eye of the user. The present disclosure is not limited to projector/prism implementations and recognizes that other variations used in heads up displays can exist. For example, the lens elements can be transparent display elements that can be electronically addressed to pass or block light (e.g., liquid crystal display) or to electronically illuminate (e.g., organic LED display). In these implementations, a projector may not be necessary. 
     Returning for  FIG.  5 A , the AR glasses  500  can also include a camera  540 . The camera  540  can be aligned to capture images of the field-of-view  550 . In other words, the camera  540  can capture images that correspond to what a user wearing the AR glasses  500  is viewing. The camera  540  can be configured to capture images (e.g., still, video) at various resolutions and at different frame rates. While a single camera  540  is illustrated in  FIG.  5 A , more cameras can be included in the AR glasses  500 . For implementations including more than one camera, the disclosed techniques can be used to wake and sleep each of the cameras. 
     The AR glasses can be used to interpret certain gestures (e.g., by a user&#39;s  200  hand or hands) as user input. For example, the AR glasses  500  can capture hand gestures by analyzing image data from the camera  540 , and initiate tasks that are defined as corresponding to certain predefined gestures. Further, a speaker and a microphone in the AR glasses can be used as input/output components. For example, the microphone can detect speech that can be used to supplement and/or modify the intent associated with the hand gesture. The speaker can be configured to output an audible signal that can be heard by the user. The audible signal can be associated with the task associated with the task (or tasks) that are responsive to the hand gesture. For example, the audible signal can be a beep indicating a task has been completed. 
       FIG.  6    is a perspective view of another implementation of the head-mounted device  110 . As shown in  FIG.  6   , the head-mounted device  110  can be an AR ear-mounted sound device (i.e., earbud). The AR earbud  600  can include an earpiece that is configured for mounting inside an ear of a user. The AR earbud  600  can include a speaker that is configured to present audio to a user. The AR earbud can also include a camera. The camera may be aligned so that when the AR earbud is worn in the ear of the user  200 , the camera images the field of view  620  of the user  200 . Accordingly, the AR earbud may analyze images captured by the camera and transmit AR audio to a user based on this analysis. 
     Examples herein refer to augmented reality (AR). As used herein, AR refers to a user experience in which a computing device facilitates a sensory perception that includes at least one virtual aspect and at least one aspect of reality. AR can be provided by any of multiple types of computing devices, including, but not limited to, a wearable device. As used herein, an AR headset (which can be an example of a head-mounted device) refers to any computing device that facilitates AR. An AR headset can include, but is not limited to, smart eyewear or smart glasses or AR glasses, another wearable AR device, a tablet, a phone, or a laptop computer. In some types of AR, the user can perceive the aspect of reality directly with his or her senses without intermediation by the computing device. For example, some AR headsets are designed to beam an image (e.g., the virtual aspect to be perceived) to the user&#39;s retina while also allowing the eye to register other light that was not generated by the AR headset. In other types of AR, a computing device can improve, complement, alter, and/or enable the user&#39;s impression of reality (e.g., the real aspect to be perceived) in one or more ways. In some implementations, AR is perceived on a screen of a computing device&#39;s display device. For example, some AR headsets are designed with camera feedthrough to present a camera image of the user&#39;s surrounding environment on a display device positioned in front of the user&#39;s eye. The display device may be an in-lens micro display, a display projected on a lens surface, a display projected on a plane of a lens-less frame, or other type of display. 
       FIG.  7    shows a prompt  702  presented by a display  545  included in the head-mounted device  110 . The display  545  can present the prompt  702 , which can be text, prompting and/or teaching the user  200  of a predefined gesture, such as a throwing and/or grabbing and throwing gesture, to transfer content  204  from the first electronic device to the second electronic device. 
       FIG.  8    is a flowchart of a method performed by the head-mounted device  110 . The method can include determining, by the head-mounted device  110 , that a user  200  is looking at a first electronic device ( 802 ). The first electronic device can include a smartphone or a tablet, as non-limiting examples. The method can include determining that the user  200  made a predefined gesture ( 804 ). The method can include determining content  204  that was presented by the first electronic device when the user  200  made the predefined gesture ( 806 ). The method can include instructing a second electronic to present the content  204  that was presented by the first electronic device when the user  200  made the predefined gesture ( 808 ). The second electronic device can include a television  104 , as a non-limiting example. 
     According to some examples, the determining that the user  200  is looking at the first electronic device ( 802 ) can include determining that the user  200  is looking at the first electronic device based on an orientation of the head-mounted device  110 . 
     According to some examples, the determining that the user  200  is looking at the first electronic device ( 802 ) can include determining that the user  200  is looking at the first electronic device based on an image of the first electronic device being captured by a camera  540  included in the head-mounted device  110 . 
     According to some examples, the determining that the user  200  is looking at the first electronic device ( 802 ) can include selecting the first electronic device from a list of devices in wireless communication with the head-mounted device  110 . 
     According to some examples, the determining that the user  200  made the predefined gesture ( 804 ) can include determining that the user made the predefined gesture after looking at the first electronic device. 
     According to some examples, the method can further include storing an indicator that the first electronic device was a most-recently looked at electronic device. 
     According to some examples, the predefined gesture can include a throwing motion. 
     According to some examples, the predefined gesture can include a movement of a hand  202 B of the user  200 , the hand  202 B of the user not contacting the first electronic device. 
     According to some examples, the head-mounted device  110  can be wirelessly coupled to the first electronic device, and the head-mounted device  110  can be wirelessly coupled to the second electronic device. 
     According to some examples, the head-mounted device  110 , the first electronic device, and the second electronic device can be included in a wireless local area network. 
     According to some examples, an account associated with the user can be logged into both the first electronic device and the second electronic device. 
     According to some examples, the first electronic device can include a smartphone  106 . 
     According to some examples, the second electronic device can include a television  104 . 
     According to some examples, the method can further include instructing the first electronic device to transfer a file to the second electronic device. 
     According to some examples, the method can further include instructing the first electronic device to pause the content  204 . 
     According to some examples, the method can further include presenting, to the user  200 , a prompt  702  to present the content  204  on the second electronic device. 
       FIG.  9    shows an example of a generic computer device  900  and a generic mobile computer device  950 , which may be used with the techniques described here. Computing device  900  is intended to represent various forms of digital computers, such as laptops, desktops, tablets, workstations, personal digital assistants, televisions, servers, blade servers, mainframes, and other appropriate computing devices. Computing device  950  is intended to represent various forms of mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants, cellular telephones, smart phones, and other similar computing devices. The components shown here, their connections and relationships, and their functions, are meant to be exemplary only, and are not meant to limit implementations of the inventions described and/or claimed in this document. 
     Computing device  900  includes a processor  902 , memory  904 , a storage device  906 , a high-speed interface  908  connecting to memory  904  and high-speed expansion ports  910 , and a low speed interface  912  connecting to low speed bus  914  and storage device  906 . The processor  902  can be a semiconductor-based processor. The memory  904  can be a semiconductor-based memory. Each of the components  902 ,  904 ,  906 ,  908 ,  910 , and  912 , are interconnected using various busses, and may be mounted on a common motherboard or in other manners as appropriate. The processor  902  can process instructions for execution within the computing device  900 , including instructions stored in the memory  904  or on the storage device  906  to display graphical information for a GUI on an external input/output device, such as display  916  coupled to high speed interface  908 . In other implementations, multiple processors and/or multiple buses may be used, as appropriate, along with multiple memories and types of memory. Also, multiple computing devices  900  may be connected, with each device providing portions of the necessary operations (e.g., as a server bank, a group of blade servers, or a multi-processor system). 
     The memory  904  stores information within the computing device  900 . In one implementation, the memory  904  is a volatile memory unit or units. In another implementation, the memory  904  is a non-volatile memory unit or units. The memory  904  may also be another form of computer-readable medium, such as a magnetic or optical disk. 
     The storage device  906  is capable of providing mass storage for the computing device  900 . In one implementation, the storage device  906  may be or contain a computer-readable medium, such as a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, or a tape device, a flash memory or other similar solid state memory device, or an array of devices, including devices in a storage area network or other configurations. A computer program product can be tangibly embodied in an information carrier. The computer program product may also contain instructions that, when executed, perform one or more methods, such as those described above. The information carrier is a computer- or machine-readable medium, such as the memory  904 , the storage device  906 , or memory on processor  902 . 
     The high speed controller  908  manages bandwidth-intensive operations for the computing device  900 , while the low speed controller  912  manages lower bandwidth-intensive operations. Such allocation of functions is exemplary only. In one implementation, the high-speed controller  908  is coupled to memory  904 , display  916  (e.g., through a graphics processor or accelerator), and to high-speed expansion ports  910 , which may accept various expansion cards (not shown). In the implementation, low-speed controller  912  is coupled to storage device  906  and low-speed expansion port  914 . The low-speed expansion port, which may include various communication ports (e.g., USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, wireless Ethernet) may be coupled to one or more input/output devices, such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a scanner, or a networking device such as a switch or router, e.g., through a network adapter. 
     The computing device  900  may be implemented in a number of different forms, as shown in the figure. For example, it may be implemented as a standard server  920 , or multiple times in a group of such servers. It may also be implemented as part of a rack server system  924 . In addition, it may be implemented in a personal computer such as a laptop computer  922 . Alternatively, components from computing device  900  may be combined with other components in a mobile device (not shown), such as device  950 . Each of such devices may contain one or more of computing device  900 ,  950 , and an entire system may be made up of multiple computing devices  900 ,  950  communicating with each other. 
     Computing device  950  includes a processor  952 , memory  964 , an input/output device such as a display  954 , a communication interface  966 , and a transceiver  968 , among other components. The device  950  may also be provided with a storage device, such as a microdrive or other device, to provide additional storage. Each of the components  950 ,  952 ,  964 ,  954 ,  966 , and  968 , are interconnected using various buses, and several of the components may be mounted on a common motherboard or in other manners as appropriate. 
     The processor  952  can execute instructions within the computing device  950 , including instructions stored in the memory  964 . The processor may be implemented as a chipset of chips that include separate and multiple analog and digital processors. The processor may provide, for example, for coordination of the other components of the device  950 , such as control of user interfaces, applications run by device  950 , and wireless communication by device  950 . 
     Processor  952  may communicate with a user through control interface  958  and display interface  956  coupled to a display  954 . The display  954  may be, for example, a TFT LCD (Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid Crystal Display) or an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display, or other appropriate display technology. The display interface  956  may comprise appropriate circuitry for driving the display  954  to present graphical and other information to a user. The control interface  958  may receive commands from a user and convert them for submission to the processor  952 . In addition, an external interface  962  may be provided in communication with processor  952 , so as to enable near area communication of device  950  with other devices. External interface  962  may provide, for example, for wired communication in some implementations, or for wireless communication in other implementations, and multiple interfaces may also be used. 
     The memory  964  stores information within the computing device  950 . The memory  964  can be implemented as one or more of a computer-readable medium or media, a volatile memory unit or units, or a non-volatile memory unit or units. Expansion memory  974  may also be provided and connected to device  950  through expansion interface  972 , which may include, for example, a SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) card interface. Such expansion memory  974  may provide extra storage space for device  950 , or may also store applications or other information for device  950 . Specifically, expansion memory  974  may include instructions to carry out or supplement the processes described above, and may include secure information also. Thus, for example, expansion memory  974  may be provided as a security module for device  950 , and may be programmed with instructions that permit secure use of device  950 . In addition, secure applications may be provided via the SIMM cards, along with additional information, such as placing identifying information on the SIMM card in a non-hackable manner. 
     The memory may include, for example, flash memory and/or NVRAM memory, as discussed below. In one implementation, a computer program product is tangibly embodied in an information carrier. The computer program product contains instructions that, when executed, perform one or more methods, such as those described above. The information carrier is a computer- or machine-readable medium, such as the memory  964 , expansion memory  974 , or memory on processor  952 , that may be received, for example, over transceiver  968  or external interface  962 . 
     Device  950  may communicate wirelessly through communication interface  966 , which may include digital signal processing circuitry where necessary. Communication interface  966  may provide for communications under various modes or protocols, such as GSM voice calls, SMS, EMS, or MMS messaging, CDMA, TDMA, PDC, WCDMA, CDMA2000, or GPRS, among others. Such communication may occur, for example, through radio-frequency transceiver  968 . In addition, short-range communication may occur, such as using a Bluetooth, WiFi, or other such transceiver (not shown). In addition, GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver module  970  may provide additional navigation- and location-related wireless data to device  950 , which may be used as appropriate by applications running on device  950 . 
     Device  950  may also communicate audibly using audio codec  960 , which may receive spoken information from a user and convert it to usable digital information. Audio codec  960  may likewise generate audible sound for a user, such as through a speaker, e.g., in a handset of device  950 . Such sound may include sound from voice telephone calls, may include recorded sound (e.g., voice messages, music files, etc.) and may also include sound generated by applications operating on device  950 . 
     The computing device  950  may be implemented in a number of different forms, as shown in the figure. For example, it may be implemented as a cellular telephone  980 . It may also be implemented as part of a smart phone  982 , personal digital assistant, or other similar mobile device. 
     Various implementations of the systems and techniques described here can be realized in digital electronic circuitry, integrated circuitry, specially designed ASICs (application specific integrated circuits), computer hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations thereof. These various implementations can include implementation in one or more computer programs that are executable and/or interpretable on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor, which may be special or general purpose, coupled to receive data and instructions from, and to transmit data and instructions to, a storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device. 
     These computer programs (also known as programs, software, software applications or code) include machine instructions for a programmable processor, and can be implemented in a high-level procedural and/or object-oriented programming language, and/or in assembly/machine language. As used herein, the terms “machine-readable medium” “computer-readable medium” refers to any computer program product, apparatus and/or device (e.g., magnetic discs, optical disks, memory, Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs)) used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal. The term “machine-readable signal” refers to any signal used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor. 
     To provide for interaction with a user, the systems and techniques described here can be implemented on a computer having a display device (e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor) for displaying information to the user and a keyboard and a pointing device (e.g., a mouse or a trackball) by which the user can provide input to the computer. Other kinds of devices can be used to provide for interaction with a user as well; for example, feedback provided to the user can be any form of sensory feedback (e.g., visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and input from the user can be received in any form, including acoustic, speech, or tactile input. 
     The systems and techniques described here can be implemented in a computing system that includes a back end component (e.g., as a data server), or that includes a middleware component (e.g., an application server), or that includes a front end component (e.g., a client computer having a graphical user interface or a Web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the systems and techniques described here), or any combination of such back end, middleware, or front end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include a local area network (“LAN”), a wide area network (“WAN”), and the Internet. 
     The computing system can include clients and servers. A client and server are generally remote from each other and typically interact through a communication network. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue of computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other. 
     A number of embodiments have been described. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. 
     In addition, the logic flows depicted in the figures do not require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results. In addition, other steps may be provided, or steps may be eliminated, from the described flows, and other components may be added to, or removed from, the described systems. Accordingly, other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.