Input Device Gesture To Generate Full Screen Change

• US 20100238123A1
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Ozias, Orin M., Eilers, Hans, Walline, Erin K.
• Application Number:
  US12/405,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20100238123A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A gesture based method for generating a screen presentation content change. The gesture based method for generating a screen presentation content change used a gesture (such as e.g., a full palm or multi-finger gesture) on a touchpad or a touch sensitive display screen that generates a screen presentation content change.

Claims

1. A method for generating a screen presentation content change on an information handling system comprising:

generating a screen presentation;

monitoring for a predefined input gesture;

generating a screen presentation content change in response to detection of the predefined input gesture.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the monitoring monitors a touch sensitive input device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein:

the touch sensitive input device comprises at least one of a touch pad and a touch sensitive display device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the defined input gesture comprises at least one of a full palm input gesture and a multifinger gesture.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

if the predefined input gesture is repeated within a certain amount of time then the screen presentation content change is reversed.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein:

reversal of the screen presentation content change is set as a default operation.

7. An apparatus for generating a screen presentation content change on an information handling system comprising:

means for generating a screen presentation;

means for monitoring for a predefined input gesture;

means for generating a screen presentation content change in response to detection of the predefined input gesture.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein:

the monitoring monitors a touch sensitive input device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein:

the touch sensitive input device comprises at least one of a touch pad and a touch sensitive display device.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein:

the defined input gesture comprises at least one of a full palm input gesture and a multifinger gesture.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein:

if the predefined input gesture is repeated within a certain amount of time then the screen presentation content change is reversed.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein:

reversal of the screen presentation content change is set as a default operation.

13. An information handling system comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a gesture control system, the gesture control system comprising program code executable on the processor for generating a screen presentation content change, the program code

generating a screen presentation;

monitoring for a predefined input gesture;

generating a screen presentation content change in response to detection of the predefined input gesture.

14. The information handling system of claim 13 further comprising:

a touch sensitive input device coupled to the processor and wherein the monitoring monitors a touch sensitive input device.

15. The information handling system of claim 14 wherein:

the touch sensitive input device comprises at least one of a touch pad and a touch sensitive display device.

16. The information handling system of claim 13 wherein:

the defined input gesture comprises at least one of a full palm input gesture and a multifinger gesture.

17. The information handling system of claim 13 wherein:

if the predefined input gesture is repeated within a certain amount of time then the screen presentation content change is reversed.

18. The information handling system of claim 17 wherein:

reversal of the screen presentation content change is set as a default operation.