CONTEXTUAL MULTIPLEXING GESTURES

• US 20110191704A1
• Filed: 02/04/2010
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Allen, Andrew S., Harris, Jonathan R., Petschnigg, Georg F., Pahud, Michel, Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji
• Application Number:
  US12/700,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20110191704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• 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 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• 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:

determining that an input is a touch input or a stylus input, the input effective to indicate interaction with a user interface displayed by a display device;

identifying an operation to be performed by a computing device based at least in part on the determining such that the operation that is identified differs based on whether the determined input is the touch input or the stylus input; and

causing the identified operation to be performed by the computing device.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the identifying is further based at least in part on a particular point in the user interface that corresponds to the input.

3. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the identifying is further based at least in part on configuration of an object in the user interface at which the interaction is directed.

4. A method as described in claim 3, wherein the configuration of the object is based at least in part on a size of the object.

5. A method as described in claim 3, wherein the configuration of the object is based at least in part on placement of the object proximal to another object in the user interface.

6. A method as described in claim 3, wherein the configuration of the object is based at least in part on a stylus used to input the object.

7. A method as described in claim 3, wherein the configuration of the object is an image.

8. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising detecting the input using a camera.

9. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising outputting a result of the identified operation by the computing device for display by the display device.

10. A method comprising:

determining that an input is a touch input or a stylus input, the input effective to indicate interaction with a user interface displayed by a display device;

responsive to the determination that the input is the touch input, causing performance of a first operation in conjunction with the user interface; and

responsive to the determination that the input is the stylus input, causing performance of a second operation in conjunction with the user interface that is different than the first operation.

11. A method as described in claim 10, wherein the first operation is not accessible via the determination that the input is the stylus input.

12. A method as described in claim 10, wherein the second operation is not accessible via the determination that the input is the touch input.

13. A method as described in claim 10, wherein the performance of the first operation or the performance of the second operation is based at least in part on configuration of an object in the user interface at which the interaction is directed.

14. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a computing device to cause operations to be performed comprising:

determining a type of an input that is effective to indicate interaction with a user interface displayed by a display device; and

identifying an operation to be performed based at least in part on the determined type, the operation is identified if the input is determined to be one of a touch input or a stylus input and is not identified if the input is determined to be the other of the touch input or the stylus input.

15. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 14, further comprising identifying another operation to be performed based at least in part on the determined type, the other operation is identified if the input is determined to be the other of the touch input or the stylus input.

16. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the other operation is not identified if the input is determined to be the one of the touch input or the stylus input.

17. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 14, wherein the identifying is further based at least in part on configuration of an object in the user interface at which the interaction is directed.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the configuration of the object is based at least in part on a size of the object.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the configuration of the object is based at least in part on placement of the object proximal to another object in the user interface.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the configuration of the object is based at least in part on a stylus used to input the object.