EDGE GESTURES

• US 20110185318A1
• Filed: 01/27/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Petschnigg, Georg F., Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 8,239,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• 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

Techniques involving gestures and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe gestures that are usable to provide inputs to a computing device. A variety of different gestures are contemplated, including bimodal gestures (e.g., using more than one type of input) and single modal gestures. Additionally, the gesture techniques may be configured to leverage these different input types to increase the amount of gestures that are made available to initiate operations of a computing device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

recognizing a first input as selecting an object displayed by a display device;

recognizing a second input as movement along an edge of the object, the movement recognized as occurring while the object is selected; and

identifying a gesture from the recognized first and second inputs, the gesture effective to cause display of a line as drawn proximal to the edge and as following movement described by the second input.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input is recognized as selecting two points of the object.

3. A method as described in claim 2, wherein the first input is recognized as touch inputs and the second input is recognized as a stylus input.

4. A method as described in claim 1, wherein:

the first input is one of a touch input or a stylus input; and

the second input is the other of the touch input or the stylus input.

5. A method as described in claim 1, wherein:

the edge of the object is displayed as appearing over a second object and a background; and

the line appears as being drawn over the second object and the background.

6. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input and the second input are detected using a camera.

7. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input is further recognized as movement of the object within an image displayed by the display device before the recognizing of the second input.

8. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the gesture is further effective to cause display of the line to continue to follow subsequent movement of a source of the second input that has passed the edge of the object.

9. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the gesture is further effective to indicate that the object as selected using partial transparency and cause display of a line that follows the edge of the object and continues on past another edge of the object.

11. A method as described in claim 9, wherein the first input is further recognized as movement of the object within an image displayed by the display device to be placed over a second object, the movement of the object recognized as occurring before the recognizing of the second input.

12. A method as described in claim 9, wherein the first input is recognized as selecting two points of the object.

13. A method as described in claim 12, wherein the first input is recognized as touch inputs and the second input is recognized as a stylus input.

14. A method as described in claim 9, wherein:

the first input is one of a touch input or a stylus input; and

the second input is the other of the touch input or the stylus input.

15. A method as described in claim 9, wherein:

the edge of the object is displayed as appearing over a second object; and

the cut appears as being performed on the second object.

16. A method as described in claim 9, wherein the gesture is further effective to cause display of the cut to continue to follow subsequent movement of a source of the second input that has passed the edge of the object.

17. A method as described in claim 9, wherein the gesture is further effective to indicate selection of the object using partial transparency.

10. A method comprising:

recognizing a first input as selecting an object displayed by a display device;

recognizing a second input as movement along an edge of the object, the movement recognized as occurring while the object is selected; and

identifying a gesture from the recognized first and second inputs, the gesture effective to cause display of a cut as being proximal to the edge and as following movement described by the second input.

18. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

recognizing a first input as selecting an object displayed by a display device using at plurality of touch inputs;

recognizing a stylus input as describing movement of a stylus along an edge of the object, the movement recognized as occurring while the object is selected; and

identifying a gesture from the recognized first and second inputs, the gesture effective to cause the edge of the object to act as a template such that a line drawn proximal to the edge as indicated by the stylus input is displayed as following the edge of the object.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 18, wherein the gesture is further effective to cause display of the cut to continue to follow subsequent movement of a source of the second input that has passed the edge of the object.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 18, wherein the gesture is further effective to indicate selection of the object using partial transparency.