Information handling system enhanced gesture management, control and detection
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1. An information handling system comprising:
- a processor operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions and information;
a display interfaced with the processor and operable to present the information as visual images;
one or more sensors interfaced with the processor and display, the one or more sensors operable to detect movement of an end user proximate to the display;
a rotating input device interfaced with the processor and operable to accept end user inputs as rotational movement; and
a gesture engine interfaced with the one or more sensors and the rotating input device, the gesture engine operable to detect an end user motion defined as a gesture and, in response to the gesture, to re-assign inputs at the rotating input device from a first type to instead adjust an input associated with the gesture;
wherein the gesture engine is further operable to;
monitor the end user to detect maintenance of the gesture for a period of time;
assign inputs at the rotating input device as associated with the gesture during the period of time; and
re-assign inputs to the first type at the end of the period of time upon detecting the end user has stopped maintaining the gesture.
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Abstract
Gesture inputs at an information handling system adapt to manage end user resolution constraints by selectively assigning a physical input device to accept fractional inputs of the gesture type. For example, an end user maintains a gesture for a predetermined time to command a totem device to adapt from a first type of input, such as scrolling, to the gesture input so that the end user may more precisely manage the desired gesture input through the totem. Upon movement from the gesture, the physical input device reverts from the gesture input to the first type of input.
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18 Claims
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1. An information handling system comprising:
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a processor operable to execute instructions that process information; a memory interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions and information; a display interfaced with the processor and operable to present the information as visual images; one or more sensors interfaced with the processor and display, the one or more sensors operable to detect movement of an end user proximate to the display; a rotating input device interfaced with the processor and operable to accept end user inputs as rotational movement; and a gesture engine interfaced with the one or more sensors and the rotating input device, the gesture engine operable to detect an end user motion defined as a gesture and, in response to the gesture, to re-assign inputs at the rotating input device from a first type to instead adjust an input associated with the gesture; wherein the gesture engine is further operable to; monitor the end user to detect maintenance of the gesture for a period of time; assign inputs at the rotating input device as associated with the gesture during the period of time; and re-assign inputs to the first type at the end of the period of time upon detecting the end user has stopped maintaining the gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for managing gesture inputs to an information handling system, the method comprising:
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detecting a gesture input with one or more sensors of the information handling system; adapting a visual image presented at a display of the information handling system according to the gesture; detecting maintenance of the gesture input with the one or more sensors; in response to the detecting maintenance of the gesture input, re-assigning an input device from a first type of input to a second type of input, the second type of input associated with the gesture and the adapting the visual image; applying inputs at the input device to adapt the visual image according to a predetermined scale of the gesture; detecting removal of the maintenance of the gesture input with the one or more sensors; and in response to detecting removal, re-assigning the input device from the input associated with the gesture to the first type of input. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for managing gesture inputs to an information handling system, the system comprising:
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a display configured to present visual information; one or more sensors configured to detect gestures as inputs that adjust the visual information; a physical input device configured to accept end user inputs and apply the inputs as a first type; and non-transient memory storing instructions that when executed on a processor; detect a gesture maintained for a predetermined time; in response to the maintained gesture, re-assign inputs at the physical input device from the first type to inputs associate with the gesture; detect removal of the maintained gesture; and in response to the detect removal of the maintained gesture, re-assign inputs at the physical input device to the first type. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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