HANDLES INTERACTIONS FOR HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE
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1. In a system comprising a computing environment coupled to a capture device for capturing user position and providing a human-computer interface, a method of facilitating user interaction with an area of a display for the human-computer interface, comprising:
- (a) generating a handle associated with the area of the interface;
(b) detecting, via a camera sensing user movement, engagement by the user with the handle generated in said step (a);
(c) receiving an indication of gesture by the user; and
(d) performing an action on the area of the user interface in response to said step (c).
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for providing on-screen graphical handles to control interaction between a user and on-screen objects. A handle defines what actions a user may perform on the object, such as for example scrolling through a textual or graphical navigation menu. Affordances are provided to guide the user through the process of interacting with a handle.
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1. In a system comprising a computing environment coupled to a capture device for capturing user position and providing a human-computer interface, a method of facilitating user interaction with an area of a display for the human-computer interface, comprising:
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(a) generating a handle associated with the area of the interface; (b) detecting, via a camera sensing user movement, engagement by the user with the handle generated in said step (a); (c) receiving an indication of gesture by the user; and (d) performing an action on the area of the user interface in response to said step (c). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A processor readable storage medium for a computing environment coupled to a capture device for capturing user position and providing a human-computer interface, the processor readable storage medium programming a processor to perform a method of facilitating user interaction with an action area of a display for the human-computer interface, comprising:
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(a) displaying on the display a graphical handle associated with the area of the interface, the graphical handle providing an explicit engagement point for engaging the action area and the graphical handle defining how a user may interact with the action area upon receipt of a predefined gesture by the user; (b) receiving an indication that the user is tracking to the handle as a result of detecting a position of the user; (c) establishing engagement with the handle when a user has tracked to the handle; (d) receiving an indication of gesture by the user; (e) performing an action with respect to the action area of the display defined by the graphical handle where the gesture indication received in said step (d) matches the predefined gesture of said step (a). - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a computer system having a computing environment coupled to a capture device for capturing user position and coupled to a display, a human-computer interface comprising:
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an action area on the display, the action area capable of at least one of performing an action and having an action performed on it; a handle displayed on the display and associated with the action area, the handle providing an explicit engagement point with an action area and defining how a user may interact with the action area; and rails displayed on the display associated with the handle for defining how a user may manipulate the handle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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