MULTI-SCREEN HOLD AND TAP GESTURE

• US 20110209058A1
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji
• Application Number:
  US12/713,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20110209058A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• 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

Embodiments of a multi-screen hold and tap gesture are described. In various embodiments, a hold input is recognized at a first screen of a multi-screen system, and the hold input is recognized when held to select a displayed object on the first screen. A tap input is recognized at a second screen of the multi-screen system, and the tap input is recognized when the displayed object continues being selected. A hold and tap gesture can then be determined from the recognized hold and tap inputs.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

recognizing a hold input at a first screen of a multi-screen system, the hold input being recognized when held to select a displayed object on the first screen;

recognizing a tap input at a second screen of the multi-screen system, the tap input being recognized while the displayed object is selected; and

determining a hold and tap gesture from the recognized hold and tap inputs.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the hold and tap gesture is identified as a cross-screen combination of the hold and tap inputs.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to move the displayed object from a displayed location on the first screen to a tap input location for display on the second screen.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to incorporate the displayed object for display on a journal page that is displayed at a tap input location on the second screen.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to copy the displayed object to generate an object copy, and display the object copy at a tap input location on the second screen.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the displayed object represents a function, the hold and tap gesture effective to apply the function of the displayed object to an additional displayed object at a tap input location on the second screen.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising recognizing the tap input to an additional displayed object on the second screen, and wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to correlate the displayed object with the additional displayed object.

8. A multi-screen system, comprising:

at least a memory and a processor to implement a gesture module configured to determine a hold and tap gesture from recognized hold and tap inputs;

an input recognition system configured to;

recognize the hold input at a first screen, the hold input recognized when held to select a displayed object on the first screen; and

recognize the tap input at a second screen, the tap input recognized while the displayed object is selected on the first screen.

9. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the gesture module is further configured to identify the hold and tap gesture as a cross-screen combination of the hold and tap inputs.

10. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to move the displayed object from a displayed location on the first screen to a tap input location for display on the second screen.

11. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to incorporate the displayed object for display on a journal page that is displayed at a tap input location on the second screen.

12. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to copy the displayed object to generate an object copy, and initiate a display of the object copy at a tap input location on the second screen.

13. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the displayed object represents a function, and wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to apply the function of the displayed object to an additional displayed object at a tap input location on the second screen.

14. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the input recognition system is further configured to recognize the tap input to an additional displayed object on the second screen, and wherein the hold and tap gesture is effective to correlate the displayed object with the additional displayed object.

15. Computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the instructions, a multi-screen system is initiated to:

recognize a hold input at a first screen of the multi-screen system, the hold input recognized when held to select a displayed object on the first screen;

recognize a tap input at a second screen of the multi-screen system, the tap input recognized while the displayed object is selected; and

determine a hold and tap gesture from the recognized hold and tap inputs.

16. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to identify the hold and tap gesture as a cross-screen combination of the hold and tap inputs.

17. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to move the displayed object from a displayed location on the first screen to a tap input location for display on the second screen in response to the hold and tap gesture.

18. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to incorporate the displayed object for display on a journal page that is displayed at a tap input location on the second screen in response to the hold and tap gesture.

19. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to copy the displayed object to generate an object copy, and display the object copy at a tap input location on the second screen in response to the hold and tap gesture.

20. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to apply a function of the displayed object to an additional displayed object at a tap input location on the second screen in response to the hold and tap gesture.