MULTI-SCREEN DUAL TAP GESTURE

• US 20110209102A1
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 9,454,304 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

Embodiments of a multi-screen dual tap gesture are described. In various embodiments, a first tap input to a displayed object is recognized at a first screen of a multi-screen system. A second tap input to the displayed object is recognized at a second screen of the multi-screen system, and the second tap input is recognized approximately when the first tap input is recognized. A dual tap gesture can then be determined from the recognized first and second tap inputs.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

recognizing a first tap input to a displayed object at a first screen of a multi-screen system;

recognizing a second tap input to the displayed object at a second screen of the multi-screen system, the second tap input being recognized approximately when the first tap input is recognized; and

determining a dual tap gesture from the recognized first and second tap inputs.

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

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the dual tap gesture is effective to expand the displayed object for display on the first and second screens of the multi-screen system.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the dual tap gesture is effective to one of expand or pocket the displayed object, the displayed object being expanded for full-screen display on the first and second screens when the dual tap gesture is determined while the displayed object is pocketed, and the displayed object being pocketed when the dual tap gesture is determined while the displayed object is displayed full-screen on the first and second screens.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first tap input and the second tap input are recognized at approximately a same time as a single input at both the first screen and the second screen, and wherein the single input is determined as the dual tap gesture.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising recognizing a single select input to the displayed object on one of the first or second screens effective to initiate a split-screen view of the displayed object.

7. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the split-screen view includes a first part of the displayed object being displayed full-screen on the first screen and a second part of the displayed object being displayed condensed on the second screen.

8. A multi-screen system, comprising:

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

an input recognition system configured to;

recognize a first tap input to a displayed object at a first screen; and

recognize a second tap input to the displayed object at a second screen, the second tap input recognized approximately when the first tap input is recognized.

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

10. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the dual tap gesture is effective to expand the displayed object for display on the first and second screens of the multi-screen system.

11. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the dual tap gesture is effective to one of expand or pocket the displayed object, the displayed object being expanded for full-screen display on the first and second screens when the dual tap gesture is determined while the displayed object is pocketed, and the displayed object being pocketed when the dual tap gesture is determined while the displayed object is displayed full-screen on the first and second screens.

12. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the input recognition system is further configured to recognize the first tap input and the second tap input at approximately a same time as a single input at both the first screen and the second screen, and wherein the gesture module is further configured to determine the dual tap gesture from the single input.

13. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the input recognition system is further configured to recognize a single select input to the displayed object on one of the first or second screens effective to initiate a split-screen view of the displayed object.

14. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 13, wherein the split-screen view includes a first part of the displayed object being displayed full-screen on the first screen and a second part of the displayed object being displayed condensed on the second screen.

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 first tap input to a displayed object at a first screen of the multi-screen system;

recognize a second tap input to the displayed object at a second screen of the multi-screen system, the second tap input recognized approximately when the first tap input is recognized; and

determine a dual tap gesture from the recognized first and second 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 dual tap gesture as a cross-screen combination of the first and second 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 determine the dual tap gesture effective to expand the displayed object for display on the first and second screens of the multi-screen system.

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 one of expand or pocket the displayed object, the displayed object being expanded for full-screen display on the first and second screens when the dual tap gesture is determined while the displayed object is pocketed, and the displayed object being pocketed when the dual tap gesture is determined while the displayed object is displayed full-screen on the first and second screens.

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 recognize the first tap input and the second tap input at approximately a same time as a single input at both the first screen and the second screen, and determine the dual tap gesture from the single input.

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 recognize a single select input to the displayed object on one of the first or second screens effective to initiate a split-screen view of the displayed object.