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Thumb and pen interaction on a mobile device

  • US 10,635,291 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2017
  • Issued: 04/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing bimanual interactions for touchscreen enabled devices, comprising:

  • providing an application canvas accepting inputs from a touch interface of a user device;

    detecting a contextual interaction of a gripping hand at an edge of the user device, wherein the gripping hand is a non-preferred hand of a user holding the user device;

    in response to detecting the contextual interaction, displaying a marking menu comprised of thumb controls in the application canvas within a range of motion of a thumb of the gripping hand;

    receiving, from the thumb of the gripping hand, a selection of a first thumb control of the marking menu, wherein the first thumb control is a spring-loaded mode control associated with a first mode;

    while the first thumb control is being held by the thumb of the gripping hand, receiving a first set of actions made using a non-gripping hand;

    interpreting the first set of actions based on the first mode;

    applying the interpreted first set of actions to the application canvas;

    in response to receiving a drag motion from the thumb of the gripping hand, re-displaying the marking menu comprised of the thumb controls in the application canvas;

    receiving, from the thumb of the gripping hand, a selection of a second thumb control of the marking menu, wherein the second thumb control is a spring-loaded mode control associated with a second mode;

    while the second thumb control is being held by the thumb of the gripping hand, receiving a second set of actions made using the non-gripping hand;

    interpreting the second set of actions made using the non-gripping hand based on the second mode; and

    applying the interpreted second set of actions to the application canvas.

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