TRANSFERRING INFORMATION AMONG DEVICES USING SENSORS

摘要

Data provided on a first computing device is represented by a graphical object displayed on a screen. A user can initiate an “attach event” with a gesture to enable the graphical object to be associated and/or virtually attached to the user and/or a user's hand/fingers. An image capture component can view/track user movements. Based on the viewed/tracked movements, the graphical object representing the data on the first computing device can be moved on a screen of the first computing device to correspond to the movement of the user's hand/finger. The graphical object also can be moved to a position on a screen of a second computing device when the user moves a hand/fingers to an area corresponding to the position. A user may initiate a “release event” with a gesture and can end the association and enable the data to be sent to the second computing device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining a position of an object using a sensor of a first computing device; detecting an attach event relating to a first gesture performed by the object proximate to the sensor of the first computing device; associating data for a graphical object with the object, the graphical object being displayed at a position on a display screen of the first computing device, the position of the graphical object on the display screen being associated with a location of the attach event; receiving a signal from a second computing device identifying a release event relating to a second gesture performed at the second computing device; sending a copy of the data corresponding to the graphical object to the second computing device; and dissociating the data for the graphical object and the object.