PREDICTIVE GESTURING IN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

• US 20090100383A1
• Filed: 10/16/2007
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Vassigh, Ali, Levy, Robert, Sunday, Derek
• Application Number:
  US11/873,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20090100383A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A computing system. The computing system includes a display presenting a user interface, and a gesture input configured to translate a user gesture into a command for controlling the computing system. The computing system also includes a gesture-predicting engine to predict a plurality of possible commands based on the beginning of the user gesture, and a rendering engine to indicate the plurality of possible commands via the user interface.

Claims

1. A surface computing system, comprising:

a display presenting a user interface;

a gesture input operatively aligned with the display and configured to translate a user gesture into a command for controlling the surface computing system;

a gesture-predicting engine to predict a plurality of different possible commands based on a beginning of the user gesture; and

a rendering engine to indicate the plurality of different possible commands via the user interface.

2. The surface computing system of claim 1, where the gesture-predicting engine progressively eliminates possible commands from which the user gesture diverges.

3. The surface computing system of claim 2, where the rendering-engine stops indicating commands that the gesture-predicting engine has progressively eliminated.

4. The surface computing system of claim 1, where the rendering engine indicates the plurality of different possible commands at least in part by presenting, for each possible command, a hint for completing a user gesture associated with that possible command.

5. The surface computing system of claim 4, where presenting the hint includes presenting gesture path directions via the user interface.

6. The surface computing system of claim 4, where presenting the hint includes presenting a command shortcut via the user interface.

7. The surface computing system of claim 1, where the rendering engine indicates the plurality of different possible commands after a pause of the user gesture.

8. The surface computing system of claim 1, where the gesture-predicting engine is configured to determine that a user has not yet demonstrated aptitude with a gesture before a gesture hint for that gesture is displayed.

9. The surface computing system of claim 1, where the gesture input includes an input surface configured to recognize finger movement.

10. A computing system, comprising:

a display presenting a user interface;

a gesture input configured to translate a user gesture into a command for controlling the computing system;

a gesture-predicting engine to predict a plurality of possible commands based on a beginning of the user gesture; and

a rendering engine to indicate the plurality of possible commands via the user interface.

11. The computing system of claim 10, where the gesture-predicting engine progressively eliminates possible commands from which the user gesture diverges.

12. The computing system of claim 10, where the rendering engine indicates the plurality of different possible commands at least in part by presenting, for each possible command, a hint for completing a user gesture associated with that possible command.

13. The computing system of claim 12, where presenting the hint includes presenting gesture path directions via the user interface.

14. The computing system of claim 12, where presenting the hint includes presenting a command shortcut via the user interface.

15. A method of facilitating interaction with a user interface, comprising:

analyzing a beginning of a user input gesture;

identifying one or more possible gestures that begin with the beginning of the user input gesture; and

rendering, for each possible gesture;

a gesture hint indicating how that gesture is completed.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising analyzing the user input gesture as the user input gesture continues and progressively eliminating possible gestures from which the user input gesture diverges.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising ceasing to render the gesture hint for each progressively eliminated possible gesture.

18. The method of claim 15, where rendering a gesture hint includes displaying gesture path directions.

19. The method of claim 15, where rendering a gesture hint includes displaying a command shortcut.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining that a user has not yet demonstrated aptitude with a gesture before rendering a gesture hint for that gesture.