Detecting user intent to remove a pluggable peripheral device
US9152234B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 1, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/041
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes receiving, from a three-dimensional (3D) sensing device coupled to a computer, a sequence of 3D maps including at least part of a hand of a user positioned in proximity to the computer. In embodiments of the present invention, the computer is coupled to one or more peripheral devices, and upon identifying, in the sequence of 3D maps, a movement of the hand toward a given peripheral device, an action preparatory to disengaging the given peripheral device is initiated.
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