Gesture Engine

• US 20100241973A1
• Filed: 03/18/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valorem Consulting Group, LLC (Reply SpA)
• Original Assignee: IdentityMine, Inc. (Reply SpA)
• Inventors: WHIDDETT, Andrew F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,250,788 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0382 Plural input, i.e. interface arrangements in which a plurality of input device of the same type are in communication with a PC
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Techniques for manipulating graphic objects in response to gestures provided with a user interface device are disclosed. The technique includes indicating when a gesture associated with the graphics objects is to use a determined action. Others gestures are locked out from using the determined action with other graphic objects. Graphic objects are manipulated on the display based on the indication that the gesture associated with one of the graphics objects is to use the determined action.

Claims

5-1. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein indicating the graphic objects comprises arranging the graphics objects in a hieratical visual tree;

and wherein the method further comprises;

indicating when one of the gestures associated with one of the graphics objects in the hieratical visual tree uses the determined action.

7. The method as recited in clam 1 further comprising adding additional gestures and associating the added addition gestures with the graphic objects.

11-2. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein the action is selected from an action in a list of categories consisting of:

a Select, a Matrix, and a Union category.

18. A device comprising:

a display to indicate a plurality of graphic objects;

a user interface device to receive one or more gestures;

a memory containing instructions which when executed by a processor comprise;

indicate the plurality of graphic objects with the display;

receive an indication of the one or more gestures from the user interface device;

determine an action based on the received one or more gesture indications;

indicate when one of the one or more gestures is to use the determined action with one of the plurality of graphics objects when the one or more gestures belong to a same action category and lock out other of the one or more gestures from using the determined action with other of the plurality of graphic objects for the one or more gestures that belong to a different action category; and

manipulate the one or more selected graphic objects on the display based on the indication that one of the one or more gestures is to use the determined action with one of the graphics objects.

19. The device as recited in claim 18 wherein the memory further comprises instructions, which when executed by the processor associate the one or more gestures with each of the plurality of graphic objects.

20. The device as recited in claim 19 wherein the memory further comprises instructions, which when executed by the processor comprises:

associate the one or more gestures with each of the plurality of graphic objects;

indicate a portion of the plurality of graphic objects that may be associated with the one or more received gestures indications; and

indicate a selection of the one or more graphical objects, the graphical objects being selected from the plurality of graphic objects that may be associated with the received indication of the one or more gestures.