Computing Device Magnification Gesture

• US 20110289462A1
• Filed: 05/20/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Harris, Jonathan R., Allen, Andrew S.
• Application Number:
  US12/784,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20110289462A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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

Computing device magnification gesture techniques are described. In implementations, a first input is recognized as a magnification gesture to initiate magnification of at least a portion of a user interface displayed by a display device of a computing device. The magnified portion is displayed in the user interface as at least partially encompassed by an unmagnified portion of the user interface. A second input is recognized as specifying a modification to be made to data included in the magnified portion of the user interface, the second input recognized as occurring during provision of the first input. Responsive to recognition that the first input is no longer being provided, the display of the magnified portion ceases in the user interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

recognizing a first input as a magnification gesture to initiate magnification of at least a portion of a user interface displayed by a display device of a computing device;

displaying the magnified portion in the user interface as at least partially encompassed by an unmagnified portion of the user interface;

recognizing a second input as specifying a modification to be made to data included in the magnified portion of the user interface, the second input recognized as occurring during provision of the first input; and

responsive to recognition that the first input is no longer being provided, ceasing the displaying of the magnified portion in the user interface.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input is recognized as selecting two points of the user interface.

3. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input is recognized as selecting an object in the user interface and the displaying of the magnified portion includes display of the object as being magnified.

4. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input is recognized as a touch input and the second input is recognized as a stylus input.

5. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the displaying of the magnified portion includes offsetting the magnified portion so as not to be obscured by a source of the first input.

6. A method as described in claim 5, wherein the source of the first input is one or more fingers or a stylus.

7. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input is recognized as movement across a distance in the user interface and the portion of the user interface is magnified as corresponding to the distance.

8. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input is recognized as:

selecting two points in the user interface; and

involving subsequent movement of a respective source of the inputs away from the two points and across the user interface of the display device.

9. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the first input is recognized using a camera

10. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising saving the modification to the data in a computer-readable memory.

11. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising responsive to recognition that the first input is no longer being provided, displaying the user interface to include the modification to the data.

12. A method comprising:

recognizing a first input as selecting two points in a user interface displayed by a display device of a computing device and involving subsequent movement away from the two points;

identifying a magnification gesture from the recognized first input, the magnification gesture effective to cause a magnified display of at least a portion of the user interface that corresponds to the selected two points, the magnified display at least partially encompassed by an unmagnified portion of the user interface; and

recognizing a second input as specifying interaction with data included in the magnified portion of the user interface, the second input recognized as provided during provision of the first input.

13. A method as described in claim 12, 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.

14. A method as described in claim 12, wherein the magnified display of the portion is offset so as not to be obscured by at least one said source of the first input.

15. A method as described in claim 12, wherein the first input is recognized as a touch input and the second input is recognized as a stylus input.

16. A method as described in claim 12, further comprising responsive to recognition that the first input is no longer being provided, ceasing display of the magnified portion in the user interface.

17. A method as described in claim 12, further comprising responsive to recognition that the first input is no longer being provided, displaying the user interface to include a result of the interaction with the data.

18. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution on a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:

recognizing a touch input as a magnification gesture to indicate magnification of at least a portion of a user interface displayed by a display device of a computing device;

displaying the magnified portion in the user interface as at least partially encompassed by an unmagnified portion of the user interface;

recognizing a stylus input as specifying a modification to be made to data included in the magnified portion, the stylus input recognized as being provided during provision of the touch input; and

responsive to recognition that the first input is no longer being provided, ceasing the displaying of the magnified portion in the user interface.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 18, wherein the magnified display of the portion is offset so as not to be obscured by a source of the touch input.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 18, further comprising responsive to recognition that the first input is no longer being provided, displaying the user interface to include the modification to the data.