CONTENT GESTURES

• US 20120042246A1
• Filed: 08/11/2010
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Schwesinger, Mark D., Elsbree, John, Miller, Michael C., Simonnet, Guillaume, Hurd, Spencer I.A.N., van Dongen, Niels, Lerer, Evan J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,009,594 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence

Abstract

Content gestures are described. In implementations, one or more controls are output to control output of content and for display in a user interface by a computing device. An input is recognized, by the computing device, which was detected using a camera as a gesture to interact with a particular one of the controls to control the output of the content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

outputting one or more controls, to control output of content, for display in a user interface by a computing device; and

recognizing an input, by the computing device, that was detected using a camera as a gesture to interact with a particular one of the controls to control the output of the content.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein at least one of the controls is configured as a seekbar having a marker that is manipulable via the gesture to specify a position in the playback of the content.

3. A method as described in claim 2, wherein the input is recognized as selecting the marker and further comprising zooming a display of the seekbar to show an amount of time in greater detail in comparison to a display of the seekbar before the recognizing.

4. A method as described in claim 2, wherein the seekbar includes one or more indicators of points in time in the output of the content and further comprising positioning the marker, by the computing device, at a corresponding said indicator when the marker is disposed within a defined range of the corresponding said indicator.

5. A method as described in claim 2, further comprising outputting a thumbnail view of the content that corresponds to a point in time in the output of the content indicated by the marker responsive to movement of the marker described by the input.

6. A method as described in claim 5, wherein output of the content is paused during the movement of the marker.

7. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the one or more controls are configured as a play control, a pause control, a fast forward control, a rewind control, a stop control, a previous chapter control, or a next chapter control.

8. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the gesture involves positioning of one or more body parts of a user.

9. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising recognizing another input as a motion to initiate the outputting of the one or more controls in the user interface.

10. A method comprising:

recognizing an input, by a computing device, that was detected using a camera as a gesture to select a marker in a seekbar, the marker describing a position in an output of content described by the seekbar; and

responsive to the recognizing, zooming a display of the seekbar by the computing device to display an amount of time in the output of the content in greater detail.

11. A method as described in claim 10, wherein the amount of time is associated with a current position in the output of the content described by the marker.

12. A method as described in claim 10, wherein the amount of time is less than a total duration of the output of the content described by the seekbar when the marker is not selected.

13. A method as described in claim 10, wherein the seekbar includes one or more indicators of points in time in the output of the content and further comprising positioning the marker, by the computing device, at a corresponding said indicator when the marker is disposed within a defined range of the corresponding said indicator.

14. A method as described in claim 10, further comprising outputting a thumbnail view of the content that corresponds to a point in time in the playback of the media indicated by the marker responsive to movement of the marker.

15. One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, responsive to execution on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

outputting a seekbar to control playback of media by the computing device; and

recognizing an input that was detected using a camera as a gesture to select a particular point in the playback of the media through interaction with the seekbar.

16. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the seekbar includes one or more indicators of points in time in the playback of the media and wherein the instructions are configured to perform further operations comprising positioning the marker at a corresponding said indicator when the marker is disposed within a defined range of the corresponding said indicator.

17. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, further comprising outputting a thumbnail view of the media that corresponds to a point in time in the playback of the media indicated by the marker responsive to movement of the marker described by the input.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, wherein the gesture involves a unique position of one or more body parts of a user.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15, further comprising recognizing another input as a motion to initiate the outputting of the seekbar in the user interface.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 15:

wherein;

the seekbar includes a marker that is manipulable via the gesture to specify a position in the playback of the media; and

the operations further comprise zooming a display of the seekbar to show a shorter amount of time in greater detail.