TEACHING GESTURE INITIATION WITH REGISTRATION POSTURE GUIDES

• US 20110117526A1
• Filed: 11/16/2009
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Benko, Hrvoje, Wigdor, Daniel J.
• Application Number:
  US12/619,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20110117526A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/118
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 13/00 Teaching typing
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26

Abstract

A method for providing multi-touch input initiation training on a display surface is disclosed. A set of one or more registration hand postures is determined, where each registration hand posture corresponds to one or more gestures executable from that registration hand posture. A registration posture guide is displayed on the display surface. The registration posture guide includes a catalogue for each registration hand posture, where the catalogue includes a contact silhouette showing a model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture.

Claims

1. A method for providing multi-touch input initiation training on a display surface configured to detect multi-touch input, comprising:

determining a set of one or more registration hand postures, each registration hand posture corresponding to one or more gestures executable from that registration hand posture; and

displaying a registration posture guide on the display surface, the registration posture guide including a catalogue for each registration hand posture, the catalogue including a contact silhouette showing a model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the catalogue further includes a representation of one or more hands indicating parts of the one or more hands that are usable to establish the model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the indication of parts of the one or more hands that are usable to establish the model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture includes highlighted regions of the representation of one or more hands.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the catalogue further includes gestures available from that registration hand posture.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the gestures available from that registration hand posture includes a first gesture displayed with a first color and a second gesture displayed with a second color different from the first color.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a set of one or more registration hand postures and displaying a registration posture guide on the display surface is triggered by a user request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user request includes a touch input on the display surface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a set of one or more registration hand postures and displaying a registration posture guide on the display surface is triggered responsive to a touch input on the display surface failing to change at a predetermined rate.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising hiding the registration posture guide when a registration hand posture is performed.

10. A method for providing multi-touch input initiation training on a display surface configured to detect multi-touch input, comprising:

determining a set of one or more registration hand postures, each registration hand posture corresponding to one or more gestures executable from that registration hand posture; and

displaying a registration posture guide on the display surface, the registration posture guide including a catalogue for each registration hand posture, the catalogue including;

a contact silhouette showing a model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture;

a representation of one or more hands indicating parts of the one or more hands that are usable to establish the model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture; and

gestures available from that registration hand posture.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the indication of parts of the one or more hands that are usable to establish the model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture includes highlighted regions of the representation of one or more hands.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the gestures available from that registration hand posture includes a first gesture displayed with a first color and a second gesture displayed with a second color different from the first color.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein determining a set of one or more registration hand postures and displaying a registration posture guide on the display surface is triggered by a user request.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user request includes a touch input on the display surface.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein determining a set of one or more registration hand postures and displaying a registration posture guide on the display surface is triggered responsive to a touch input on the display surface failing to change at a predetermined rate.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising hiding the registration posture guide when a touch input on the display surface changes at a predetermined rate.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising hiding the registration posture guide when a registration hand posture is performed.

18. A computing system, comprising:

a display surface configured to receive touch input;

a logic subsystem operatively connected to the display surface; and

a data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to;

determine a set of one or more registration hand postures, each registration hand posture corresponding to one or more gestures executable from that registration hand posture; and

display a registration posture guide on the display surface, the registration posture guide including a catalogue for each registration hand posture, the catalogue including a contact silhouette showing a model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the catalogue further includes a representation of one or more hands indicating parts of the one or more hands that are usable to establish the model touch-contact interface between the display surface and that registration hand posture.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the catalogue further includes gestures available from that registration hand posture.