EXTENDED TOUCH-SENSITIVE CONTROL AREA FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A device for accepting gesture commands from a user, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display screen occupying a portion of a front surface of the device, adapted to detect user contact and to display at least one directly-manipulable object;
a touch-sensitive gesture area occupying a portion of the front surface of the device, adapted to detect user contact; and
a processor, coupled to the display screen and to the gesture area, adapted to interpret a plurality of gesture commands, the plurality of gesture commands comprising at least one command specified lo by user contact with both the touch-sensitive gesture area and the display screen.
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Abstract
A touch-sensitive display screen is enhanced by a touch-sensitive control area that extends beyond the edges of the display screen. The touch-sensitive area outside the display screen, referred to as a “gesture area,” allows a user to activate commands using a gesture vocabulary. In one aspect, the present invention allows some commands to be activated by inputting a gesture within the gesture area. Other commands can be activated by directly manipulating on-screen objects. Yet other commands can be activated by beginning a gesture within the gesture area, and finishing it on the screen (or vice versa), and/or by performing input that involves contemporaneous contact with both the gesture area and the screen.
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32 Claims
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1. A device for accepting gesture commands from a user, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display screen occupying a portion of a front surface of the device, adapted to detect user contact and to display at least one directly-manipulable object; a touch-sensitive gesture area occupying a portion of the front surface of the device, adapted to detect user contact; and a processor, coupled to the display screen and to the gesture area, adapted to interpret a plurality of gesture commands, the plurality of gesture commands comprising at least one command specified lo by user contact with both the touch-sensitive gesture area and the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for accepting gesture commands from a user, comprising:
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displaying at least one directly-manipulable object on a touch-sensitive display screen occupying a portion of a front surface of a device; detecting user gestures entered by contact with both the touch-sensitive display screen and a touch-sensitive gesture area occupying a portion of the front surface of the device; interpreting the detected user gestures; and performing actions responsive to the interpreted gestures. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for accepting gesture commands from a user, comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium; and computer program code, encoded on the medium, programmatically configured to perform the steps of; displaying at least one directly-manipulable object on a touch-sensitive display screen occupying a portion of a front surface of a device; detecting user gestures entered by contact with both the touch-sensitive display screen and a touch-sensitive gesture area occupying a portion of the front surface of the device; interpreting the detected user gestures; and performing actions responsive to the interpreted gestures. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A device for accepting gesture commands from a user, comprising:
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a display screen occupying a portion of a front surface of the device, adapted to detect user gestures and to display at least one directly-manipulable object; a gesture area occupying a portion of the front surface of the device, adapted to detect user gestures; and a processor, coupled to the display screen and to the gesture area, adapted to interpret a plurality of gesture commands, the plurality of gesture commands comprising at least one command specified by user interaction with both the gesture area and the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for accepting gesture commands from a user, comprising:
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displaying at least one directly-manipulable object on a display screen occupying a portion of a front surface of a device, the display screen being adapted to detect user gestures; detecting user gestures proximate to both the touch-sensitive display screen and a gesture area occupying a portion of the front surface of the device, the gesture area being adapted to detect user gestures; interpreting the detected user gestures; and performing actions responsive to the interpreted gestures. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A computer program product for accepting gesture commands from a user, comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium; and computer program code, encoded on the medium, programmatically configured to perform the steps of; displaying at least one directly-manipulable object on a display screen occupying a portion of a front surface of a device, the display screen being adapted to detect user gestures; detecting user gestures proximate to both the touch-sensitive display screen and a gesture area occupying a portion of the front surface of the device, the gesture area being adapted to detect user gestures; interpreting the detected user gestures; and performing actions responsive to the interpreted gestures. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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