Auto Scroll In Combination With Multi Finger Input Device Gesture

• US 20110061025A1
• Filed: 09/04/2009
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Ozias, Orin, Walline, Erin K.
• Application Number:
  US12/554,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20110061025A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/830
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A gesture based method for scrolling through a document. More specifically, the gesture based method for scrolling through a document includes an automatic scroll gesture so that a user does not need to perform multiple scroll gestures when scrolling through a document.

Claims

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

generating a screen presentation, the screen presentation including presentation of a document;

monitoring for a predefined automatic scroll input gesture;

automatically scrolling through the document in response to detection of the predefined automatic scroll 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 predefined input gesture comprises a multi-finger input gesture.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the predefined input gesture comprises a flick.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the screen presentation further comprises a scroll icon; and

the scroll icon indicates when the predefined automatic scroll input gesture has been detected.

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

means for generating a screen presentation, the screen presentation including presentation of a document;

means for monitoring for a predefined automatic scroll input gesture;

means for automatically scrolling through the document in response to detection of the predefined automatic scroll 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 predefined input gesture comprises a multi-finger input gesture.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein:

the predefined input gesture comprises a flick.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein:

the screen presentation further comprises a scroll icon; and

the scroll icon indicates when the predefined automatic scroll input gesture has been detected.

13. An information handling system comprising

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a system for generating a screen presentation content change on the information handling system, the system for generating the screen presentation content change comprising instructions executable by the processor for;

generating a screen presentation, the screen presentation including presentation of a document;

monitoring for a predefined automatic scroll input gesture;

automatically scrolling through the document in response to detection of the predefined automatic scroll input gesture.

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

a touch sensitive input device; and

wherein,

the monitoring monitors a touch sensitive input device.

15. The information handing 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 predefined input gesture comprises a multi-finger input gesture.

17. The information handling system of claim 16 wherein:

the predefined input gesture comprises a flick.

18. The information handling system of claim 13 wherein:

the screen presentation further comprises a scroll icon; and

the scroll icon indicates when the predefined automatic scroll input gesture has been detected.