Gesture Fingerprinting

• US 10,521,249 B1
• Filed: 02/11/2018
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amaze Software Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Famous Industries Incorporated (Famous Enterprises)
• Inventors: Newcomb, Steven E., Lu, Mark H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Osorio, Ricardo
• Application Number:
  US15/893,643
• Time in Patent Office: 688 Days
• 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 2203/04808 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Various implementations related to gesture fingerprinting are described. In one such implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving input from a user entered via an input device; determining a gesture and one or more attributes associated with the gesture based on the input; matching the gesture to a gesture model for the user using the one or more attributes; and optimizing the gesture model based on subsequent input received from the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, using one or more computing devices, a first event from an event source;

matching, using the one or more computing devices, attributes of the first event to a particular event model;

rendering, using the one or more computing devices, an effect corresponding to the first event on a graphical user interface using a display feature of the effect;

receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a second event from the event source;

optimizing, using the one or more computing devices, the particular event model based on the first event and the second event by adjusting the display feature of the effect;

receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a third event from the event source; and

adapting, using the one or more computing devices, a rendering of the effect for the third event on the graphical user interface based on the adjusted display feature of the effect in the optimized particular event model.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first event is a touch-based event input received via a touch-based input device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the event model is modeled variation of the touch-based event input.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the touch-based event input is received from a user performing a particular action.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein optimizing the particular event model includes modifying one or more variables of an algorithm applied by the particular event model to better predict an intention based on the first event.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein optimizing the particular event model further includes performing a comparison between a number of inputs provided to perform the first event and a baseline, and adapting an intensity of the effect based on the comparison.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the effect is a scroll effect and adapting the intensity of the effect based on the comparison includes adapting a length of the scroll effect.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is displayed on a touch screen and a touch-based input device is coupled to the touch screen.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is associated with one of a web browser and a native mobile application.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the attributes of the first event include one or more of a number of points of contact with a touch-based input device, whether the points of contact are static or dynamic, a force of the points of contact, an intensity of the points of contact, a length of contact time, a distance moved by the points of contact, an event trajectory, and an event path.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first event is a gesture and includes one of a tap, a swipe, a pinch, a grab, and a drag.

12. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more

processors, cause the system to perform operations including;

receiving a first event from an event source;

matching attributes of the first event to a particular event model;

rendering for display based on the particular event model, an effect corresponding to the first event on a graphical user interface using a display feature of the effect;

receiving a second event from the event source;

optimizing the particular event model based on the first event and the second event by adjusting the display feature of the effect;

receiving a third event from the event source; and

adapting a rendering of the effect for the third event on the graphical user interface based on the adjusted display feature of the effect in the optimized particular event model.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first event is a touch-based event input received via a touch-based input device.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein optimizing the particular event model includes modifying one or more variables of an algorithm applied by the particular event model to better predict an intention based on the first event.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein optimizing the particular event model further includes performing a comparison between a number of inputs provided to perform the first event and a baseline, and adapting an intensity of the effect based on the comparison.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the effect is a scroll effect and adapting the intensity of the effect based on the comparison includes adapting a length of the scroll effect.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the graphical user interface is displayed on a touch screen and a touch-based input device is coupled to the touch screen.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the graphical user interface is associated with one of a web browser and a native mobile application.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the attributes of the first event include one or more of a number of points of contact with a touch-based input device, whether the points of contact are static or dynamic, a force of the points of contact, an intensity of the points of contact, a length of contact time, a distance moved by the points of contact, an event trajectory, and an event path.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein the first event is a gesture and includes one of a tap, a swipe, a pinch, a grab, and a drag.