Cross-reference Gestures

• US 20110185320A1
• Filed: 01/28/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Petschnigg, Georg F., Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji
• Application Number:
  US12/695,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20110185320A1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

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 one or more lines drawn outside the bounds of the object, the one or more lines recognized as being drawn while the object is selected; and

identifying a cross-reference gesture from the recognized first and second inputs, the cross-reference gesture effective to cause the one or more lines to be linked to the object.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause display of the one or more lines by the display device responsive to display of the object.

3. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause an analysis engine to be employed to translate the one or more lines into text and cause the one or more lines to be linked to the object as the text.

4. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause the one or more lines to be stored with the object.

5. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause the one or more lines to be grouped together.

6. A method as described in claim 5, wherein the one or more lines, when grouped together, are configured to provide a hint for parsing by an analysis module to translate the one or more lines into text.

7. A method as described in claim 5, wherein the one or more lines, when grouped together, are configured for manipulation of the group using a single operation.

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

9. A method as described in claim 8, wherein the first input is recognized as touch inputs and the second input is recognized as a stylus input.

10. 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.

11. A method comprising:

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

recognizing a second input as text drawn outside a bounds of the object, the text recognized as being drawn while the object is selected; and

identifying a cross-reference gesture from the recognized first and second inputs, the cross-reference gesture effective to cause the text to be linked to the object as a caption for the object.

12. A method as described in claim 11, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause the text to be stored with the object.

13. A method as described in claim 11, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause an analysis engine to be employed to translate one or more lines described by the second input into the text.

14. A method as described in claim 11, wherein the first input is recognized as selecting two points of the object.

15. A method as described in claim 14, wherein the first input is recognized as touch inputs and the second input is recognized as a stylus input.

16. A method as described in claim 11, 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.

17. 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;

recognizing a second input as one or more lines drawn outside a bounds of the object, the one or more lines recognized as being drawn while the object is selected; and

identifying a cross-reference gesture from the recognized first and second inputs, the cross-reference gesture effective to cause the one or more lines to be linked to the object such that selection of the one or more lines causes display of the object by the display device.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause the text to be stored with the object.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause an analysis engine to be employed to translate one or more lines described by the second input into the text.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the cross-reference gesture is effective to cause the lines to be grouped together.