System, method, and computer program product for a multi-pressure selection touch screen

• US 10,222,892 B1
• Filed: 04/19/2018
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smith Interface Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: P4tents1 LLC
• Inventors: Smith, Michael S
• Primary Examiner(s): Xavier, Antonio
• Application Number:
  US15/957,426
• Time in Patent Office: 320 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0414 using force sensing means to determine a position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 : by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system

Abstract

Apparatuses and a computer-readable media are provided to: display an object and at least a portion of an interface in a same virtual display layer; detect a single static gesture being applied to the touch screen on the object, the single static gesture varying in pressure; in the event that a magnitude of the pressure of the single static gesture being applied to the touch screen on the object is less than a first magnitude threshold, perform an operation; in the event that the magnitude of the pressure of the single static gesture being applied to the touch screen on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold and is less than a second magnitude threshold, blur, as a function of an increase in the magnitude of the pressure of the single static gesture being applied to the touch screen on the object, the at least portion of the interface, and display the at least portion of the interface and the object in different virtual display layers; and in the event that the magnitude of the pressure of the single static gesture being applied to the touch screen on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold, vibrate the apparatus and perform another operation.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch interface;

one or more sensors to detect levels of contacts with the touch interface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, on the display, an object and at least a portion of an interface in a same virtual display layer;

detecting, on the touch interface, a gesture on the object;

when a magnitude of a pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than a first magnitude threshold, performing an operation;

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, blurring, as a function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, the at least portion of the interface, and displaying the at least portion of the interface and the object in different virtual display layers; and

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than a second magnitude threshold, performing another operation.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold, the operation is performed after a cessation of the gesture is detected.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold, the another operation is performed before a cessation of the gesture is detected.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the operation and the another operation are not performed when a cessation of the gesture is detected after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold and is less than the second magnitude threshold.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the operation is not performed when a cessation of the gesture is detected after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object drops below the first magnitude threshold after surpassing the first magnitude threshold.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring is a cue to a user regarding the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the another operation via the object.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring emphasizes an accessibility of the another operation via the object by way of an increase in the magnitude of the pressure detected on the touch interface on the object so as to be greater than the second magnitude threshold.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, the blur is decreased as a function of a decrease in the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

at least a portion of a duration of the blur involves a continuous blur function that is a continuous function of an increase in the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

at least a portion of the blur involves a continuous blur function that is a continuous function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, only when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold and is less than the second magnitude threshold.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to detect:

a first gesture with a first gesture pressure magnitude on the object remaining less than the first magnitude threshold to cause the operation to be performed upon a cessation of the first gesture without the blurring nor the another operation being performed;

a second gesture with a second gesture pressure magnitude on the object surpassing the first magnitude threshold and remaining less than the second magnitude threshold to cause the blurring without the operation nor the another operation being performed; and

a third gesture with a third gesture pressure magnitude on the object surpassing both the first and second magnitude thresholds to cause the blurring and the another operation to be performed without the operation being performed.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the gesture varies only in pressure.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blur of the at least portion of the interface, indicates a movement between a first virtual layer including the at least portion of the interface and a second virtual layer including the object.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blur of the at least portion of the interface, indicates a movement of the object between a first virtual layer including the at least portion of the interface and a second virtual layer including the object.

16. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the gesture includes a press.

17. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that at least one of:

said display is on a front face of the electronic device;

said display is on a back face of the electronic device;

said interface includes a software interface;

said interface includes a graphical user interface;

said blur includes an obscuring;

said blur results in a vague presentation;

said blur results in an indistinct appearance;

said blurring results from a three-dimensional depth cue;

said blurring indicates a movement through different layers;

said blurring is the function of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, by conditionally blurring based on the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object reaching a threshold pressure;

said blurring is the function of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, by increasing based on the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object;

said gesture is detected on an entirety of the object;

said gesture is detected on at least a portion of the object;

said pressure on the object is detected, by being detected within a selection boundary that, at least in part, overlaps the object;

said magnitude of pressure on the object is detected, by being detected within a selection boundary that, at least in part, overlaps the object;

each instance of said when includes at least one point of time when the magnitude of the pressure meets the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes at least one point in time after the magnitude of the pressure changes to the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes when the magnitude of the pressure initially meets the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes an entire duration when the magnitude of the pressure meets the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes only a portion of a duration when the magnitude of the pressure meets the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes when the magnitude of the pressure changes to the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes after the magnitude of the pressure changes to the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes only a portion of a duration;

each instance of said when includes while;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes at least one point of time when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes at least one point in time after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object initially is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes an entire duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes while the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes at least one point of time when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes at least one point in time after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object initially is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes an entire duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes while the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes at least one point of time when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes at least one point in time after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object initially is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes an entire duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes while the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said gesture includes at least one of a touch gesture and/or a press gesture;

said gesture includes at least one of a combination of a touch gesture component and a press gesture component;

said pressure is detected utilizing one or more of a plurality of contact-sensing technologies including a capacitive-based contact sensing technology, a resistive-based contact sensing technology, an optical-based contact sensing technology, or a surface acoustic wave-based contact sensing technology;

said display is a two-dimensional layered user interface;

said display is a single layer user interface that simulates a three-dimensional layered user interface through use of virtual display layers;

said pressure on the touch interface on the object is detected, by being detected on a selection boundary that, at least in part, overlaps the object;

said operation includes a function;

said operation includes a display function;

said operation is the same as the another operation;

said operation is different from the another operation;

one of the different virtual display layers in which the object is located, is a clipboard layer;

said gesture does not involve movement across an interaction surface of the touch interface;

said gesture does not involve movement in proximity to an interaction surface of the touch interface;

said display of the at least portion of the interface and the object in the different virtual display layers is caused by the blurring;

the blurring occurs only when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

the blurring occurs only when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold and is less than the second magnitude threshold;

the blurring occurs only when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the second magnitude threshold;

said operation is not performed if the gesture does not cease when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said operation is performed if the gesture ceases when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said operation is performed if the gesture ceases when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object remains less than the first magnitude threshold;

said performance of the operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being less than the first magnitude threshold, by a user;

said performance of the operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being less than the first magnitude threshold, by a developer;

said performance of the operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being less than the first magnitude threshold, via system learning;

said performance of the another operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being greater than the second magnitude threshold, by a user;

said performance of the another operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being greater than the second magnitude threshold, by a developer;

said operation is performed without the another operation being performed for a first gesture, and the another operation is performed without the operation being performed for a second gesture;

said magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object;

remains less than the first magnitude threshold in a first use scenario, is greater than the first magnitude threshold in a second use scenario, and is greater than the second magnitude threshold in a third use scenario;

said magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object;

remains less than the first magnitude threshold in a first use scenario, is greater than the first magnitude threshold and is less than the second magnitude threshold in a second use scenario, and is greater than the first and second magnitude thresholds in a third use scenario;

or

said performance of the another operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being greater than the second magnitude threshold, via system learning.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, a touch interface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch interface, cause the electronic device to:

display, on the display, an object and at least a portion of an interface in a same virtual display layer;

detect, on the touch interface, a gesture on the object;

in the event that a magnitude of a pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than a first magnitude threshold, perform a function;

while the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, display the at least portion of the interface in a first virtual display layer and the object in a second virtual display layer, and blur, as a function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, at least a portion of the first virtual display layer; and

in the event that the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than a second magnitude threshold, perform another function.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring is a cue to a user regarding the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the another function via the object.

21. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch interface;

one or more sensors to detect levels of contacts with the touch interface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, on the display, a first object and at least one other object in a same virtual display layer;

detecting, on the touch interface, a gesture on the first object;

in the event that a magnitude of a pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is less than a first magnitude threshold, performing a function;

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, displaying the at least one other object in a first virtual display layer and the first object in a second virtual display layer, and blurring, as a function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object, at least a portion of the first virtual display layer; and

in the event that the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than a second magnitude threshold, performing another function.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring is a cue to a user regarding the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture.

23. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the another function via the first object.

24. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch interface;

one or more sensors to detect levels of contacts with the touch interface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, on the display, a first object and at least one other object in a same virtual display layer;

detecting, on the touch interface, at least one component of a gesture on the first object;

when a first component of the gesture is detected where a magnitude of a pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is less than a first magnitude threshold, performing a function upon a cessation of the gesture;

when a second component of the gesture is detected where the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, displaying the at least one other object in a first virtual display layer and the first object in a second virtual display layer, and blurring, as a function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object, at least a portion of the first virtual display layer; and

when a third component of the gesture is detected where the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than a second magnitude threshold, performing another function.

25. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

only the first component of the gesture is detected for a first gesture to cause only the function to be performed;

the second component of the gesture is detected without the third component for a second gesture to cause the blurring without the function nor the another function being performed; and

the second and third components of the gesture are detected for a third gesture to cause the blurring and the another function to be performed without the function being performed.

26. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

only the first component of the gesture is detected in a first use case scenario;

the second component of the gesture is detected without the third component in a second use case scenario; and

the second and third components of the gesture are detected in a third use case scenario.

27. The electronic device of claim 24, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

when the third component of the gesture is detected where the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than the second magnitude threshold, resizing, as a function of a change in the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface, at least a portion of a window presented in connection with the another function; and

when a fourth component of the gesture is detected where the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface is greater than a third magnitude threshold, performing yet another function.

28. The electronic device of claim 27, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring and the resizing are cues to a user regarding the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture.

29. The electronic device of claim 27, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the blurring is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the another function via the first object.

30. The electronic device of claim 27, wherein the one or more programs include instructions that, when executed, cause the electronic device to operate such that:

the resizing is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the yet another function.

31. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch interface and a display, wherein the electronic device includes one or more sensors to detect levels of contacts with the touch interface;

displaying, on the display, an object and at least a portion of an interface in a same virtual display layer;

detecting, on the touch interface, a gesture on the object;

when a magnitude of a pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than a first magnitude threshold, performing an operation;

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, blurring, as a function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, the at least portion of the interface, and displaying the at least portion of the interface and the object in different virtual display layers; and

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than a second magnitude threshold, performing another operation.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold, the operation is performed after a cessation of the gesture is detected.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold, the another operation is performed before the cessation of the gesture is detected.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the operation and the another operation are not performed when the cessation of the gesture is detected after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold and is less than the second magnitude threshold.

35. The method of claim 33, wherein the operation is not performed when the cessation of the gesture is detected after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object drops below the first magnitude threshold after surpassing the first magnitude threshold.

36. The method of claim 33, wherein the blurring is a cue to a user regarding the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture.

37. The method of claim 33, wherein the blurring is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the another operation via the object.

38. The method of claim 33, wherein the blurring emphasizes an accessibility of the another operation via the object by way of an increase in the magnitude of the pressure detected on the touch interface on the object so as to be greater than the second magnitude threshold.

39. The method of claim 33, wherein when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, the blur is decreased as a function of a decrease in the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein at least a portion of a duration of the blur involves a continuous blur function that is a continuous function of an increase in the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein at least a portion of the blur involves a continuous blur function that is a continuous function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, only when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object remains less than the second magnitude threshold.

42. The method of claim 39, and further comprising:

detecting a first gesture where a first gesture pressure magnitude being detected on the touch interface on the object remains less than the first magnitude threshold to cause only the operation to be performed upon a cessation of the first gesture magnitude being detected on the touch interface on the object;

detecting a second gesture where a second gesture pressure magnitude being detected on the touch interface on the object surpasses the first magnitude threshold and remains less than the second magnitude threshold to cause the blurring without the operation nor the another operation being performed; and

detecting a third gesture where a third gesture pressure magnitude being detected on the touch interface on the object surpasses both the first and second magnitude thresholds to cause the blurring and the another operation to be performed without the operation being performed.

43. The method of claim 31, and further comprising:

detecting a particular gesture with a particular pressure magnitude surpassing the first magnitude threshold and remaining less than the second magnitude threshold to cause the blurring without the operation nor the another operation being performed.

44. The method of claim 31, and further comprising:

detecting a first gesture with a first gesture pressure magnitude remaining less than the first magnitude threshold to cause only the operation to be performed upon a cessation of the first gesture pressure magnitude.

45. The method of claim 44, and further comprising:

detecting a second gesture with a second gesture pressure magnitude surpassing the first magnitude threshold and remaining less than the second magnitude threshold to cause the blurring without the operation nor the another operation being performed.

46. The method of claim 31, detecting a particular gesture with a particular pressure magnitude surpassing both the first and second magnitude thresholds to cause the blurring and the another operation to be performed without the operation being performed.

47. The method of claim 31, wherein at least one of:

said interface includes a software interface;

said interface includes a graphical user interface;

said blurring results from a three-dimensional depth cue;

said blurring indicates a movement through different layers;

said blurring is the function of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, by conditionally blurring based on the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object reaching a threshold pressure;

said blurring is the function of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, by increasing based on the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object;

each instance of said when includes at least one point of time when the magnitude of the pressure meets the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes at least one point in time after the magnitude of the pressure changes to the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes when the magnitude of the pressure initially meets the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes an entire duration when the magnitude of the pressure meets the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes only a portion of a duration when the magnitude of the pressure meets the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes when the magnitude of the pressure changes to the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes after the magnitude of the pressure changes to the corresponding magnitude threshold;

each instance of said when includes only a portion of a duration;

each instance of said when includes while;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes at least one point of time when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes at least one point in time after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object initially is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes an entire duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold includes while the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes at least one point of time when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes at least one point in time after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object initially is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes an entire duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold includes while the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes at least one point of time when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes at least one point in time after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object initially is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes an entire duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes after the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object changes to be greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes only a portion of a duration;

said when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold includes while the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the second magnitude threshold;

said gesture includes at least one of a touch gesture and/or a press gesture;

said gesture includes at least one of a combination of a touch gesture component and a press gesture component;

said pressure is detected utilizing one or more of a plurality of contact-sensing technologies including a capacitive-based contact sensing technology, a resistive-based contact sensing technology, an optical-based contact sensing technology, or a surface acoustic wave-based contact sensing technology;

said display is a two-dimensional layered user interface;

said display is a single layer user interface that simulates a three-dimensional layered user interface through use of virtual display layers;

said pressure on the touch interface on the object is detected, by being detected on a selection boundary that, at least in part, overlaps the object;

said operation is not performed if the gesture does not cease when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said operation is performed if the gesture ceases when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the first magnitude threshold;

said operation is performed if the gesture ceases when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object remains less than the first magnitude threshold;

said operation includes a function;

said operation includes a display function;

said operation is the same as the another operation;

said operation is different from the another operation;

one of the different virtual display layers in which the object is located, is a clipboard layer;

said gesture does not involve movement across an interaction surface of the touch interface;

said gesture does not involve movement in proximity to an interaction surface of the touch interface;

said display of the at least portion of the interface and the object in the different virtual display layers is caused by the blurring;

the blurring occurs only when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold;

the blurring occurs only when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold and is less than the second magnitude threshold;

the blurring occurs only when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than the second magnitude threshold;

said performance of the operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being less than the first magnitude threshold, by a user;

said performance of the operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being less than the first magnitude threshold, by a developer;

said performance of the operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being less than the first magnitude threshold, via system learning;

said performance of the another operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being greater than the second magnitude threshold, by a user;

said performance of the another operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being greater than the second magnitude threshold, by a developer;

said operation is performed without the another operation being performed in a first use scenario, and the another operation is performed without the operation being performed in a second use scenario;

said magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object;

remains less than the first magnitude threshold in a first use scenario, is greater than the first magnitude threshold in a second use scenario, and is greater than the second magnitude threshold in a third use scenario;

said magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object;

remains less than the first magnitude threshold in a first use scenario, is greater than the first magnitude threshold and is less than the second magnitude threshold in a second use scenario, and is greater than the first and second magnitude thresholds in a third use scenario;

or

said performance of the another operation is associated with the magnitude of the pressure being greater than the second magnitude threshold, via system learning.

48. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch interface and a display, wherein the electronic device includes one or more sensors to detect levels of contacts with the touch interface;

displaying, on the display, an object and at least a portion of an interface in a same virtual display layer;

detecting, on the touch interface, a gesture on the object;

in the event that a magnitude of a pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is less than a first magnitude threshold, performing a function utilizing the display;

while the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, displaying, utilizing the display, the at least portion of the interface in a first virtual display layer and the object in a second virtual display layer, and blurring, utilizing the display and as a function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object, at least a portion of the first virtual display layer; and

in the event that the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the object is greater than a second magnitude threshold, performing another function utilizing the display.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein the blurring is a cue to a user regarding the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture.

50. The method of claim 48, wherein the blurring is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the another function via the object.

51. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch interface and a display, wherein the electronic device includes one or more sensors to detect levels of contacts with the touch interface;

displaying, on the display, a first object and at least one other object in a same virtual display layer;

detecting, on the touch interface, a gesture on the first object;

in the event that a magnitude of a pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is less than a first magnitude threshold, performing a function;

when the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, displaying the at least one other object in a first virtual display layer and the first object in a second virtual display layer, and blurring, as a function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object, at least a portion of the first virtual display layer; and

in the event that the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than a second magnitude threshold, performing another function.

52. The method of claim 51, wherein the blurring is a cue to a user regarding the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture.

53. The method of claim 51, wherein the blurring is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the another function via the first object.

54. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch interface and a display, wherein the electronic device includes one or more sensors to detect levels of contacts with the touch interface;

displaying, on the display, a first object and at least one other object in a same virtual display layer;

detecting, on the touch interface, at least one component of a gesture on the first object;

when a first component of the gesture is detected where a magnitude of a pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is less than a first magnitude threshold, performing a function upon a cessation of the gesture;

when a second component of the gesture is detected where the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than the first magnitude threshold, displaying the at least one other object in a first virtual display layer and the first object in a second virtual display layer, and blurring, as a function of the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object, at least a portion of the first virtual display layer; and

when a third component of the gesture is detected where the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than a second magnitude threshold, performing another function.

55. The method of claim 54, wherein only the first component of the gesture is detected for a first gesture to cause only the function to be performed during a first use of the electronic device;

the first and second components of the gesture are detected without the third component for a second gesture to cause the blurring without the function nor the another function being performed during a second use of the electronic device; and

the first, second, and third components of the gesture are detected for a third gesture to cause the blurring and the another function to be performed without the function being performed during a third use of the electronic device.

56. The method of claim 54, wherein only the first component of the gesture is detected in a first use case scenario;

the first and second components of the gesture are detected in a second use case scenario; and

the first, second, and third components of the gesture are detected in a third use case scenario.

57. The method of claim 54, wherein:

when the third component of the gesture is detected where the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface on the first object is greater than the second magnitude threshold, resizing is performed, as a function of a change in the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface, on at least a portion of a window presented by the another function; and

when a fourth component of the gesture is detected where the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture being detected on the touch interface is greater than a third magnitude threshold, a third function is performed.

58. The method of claim 57, wherein the blurring and the resizing are cues to a user regarding the magnitude of the pressure of the gesture.

59. The method of claim 57, wherein the blurring is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the another function via the first object.

60. The method of claim 57, wherein the resizing is a cue to a user regarding an accessibility of the third function.

61. A system, comprising:

means for displaying a first object in a same virtual display layer as at least one other object; and

means for detecting a gesture on the first object to perform a first function in a first touch state and perform a second function in a second touch state;

wherein the system is configured such that the at least one other object is blurred, as a function of a change in a pressure of the gesture being detected on the first object, such that the first object is in a first virtual display layer and the at least one other object is in a second virtual display layer.

62. The system of claim 61, wherein the means for detecting includes a touch interface, and the means for displaying includes a display.