TOUCH-BASED GESTURE DETECTION FOR A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- detecting user contact with a touch-sensitive device using at least one sensor of the touch-sensitive device;
detecting, using the at least one sensor, a first gesture portion while the user contact is maintained with the touch-sensitive device, wherein the first gesture portion indicates functionality to be performed;
detecting, using the at least one sensor, a second gesture portion while the user contact is maintained with the touch-sensitive device, wherein the second gesture portion indicates content to be used in connection with the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion;
detecting, using the at least one sensor, completion of the second gesture portion; and
initiating the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion in connection with the content indicated by the second gesture portion.
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Abstract
This disclosure is directed to techniques for improved detection of user input via a touch-sensitive surface of a touch-sensitive device. A touch-sensitive device may detect a continuous gesture that comprises a first gesture portion and a second gesture portion. The first gesture portion may indicate functionality to be initiated in response to the continuous gesture. The second gesture portion may indicate content for which the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion is based. Detection that a user has completed a continuous gesture may cause automatic initiation of the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion based on the content indicated by the second gesture portion. In one specific example, the first gesture portion indicates that the user seeks to perform a search, and the second gesture portion indicates content to be searched.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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detecting user contact with a touch-sensitive device using at least one sensor of the touch-sensitive device; detecting, using the at least one sensor, a first gesture portion while the user contact is maintained with the touch-sensitive device, wherein the first gesture portion indicates functionality to be performed; detecting, using the at least one sensor, a second gesture portion while the user contact is maintained with the touch-sensitive device, wherein the second gesture portion indicates content to be used in connection with the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion; detecting, using the at least one sensor, completion of the second gesture portion; and initiating the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion in connection with the content indicated by the second gesture portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A touch-sensitive device, comprising:
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a display configured to present at least one image to a user; a touch-sensitive surface; at least one sense element disposed at or near the touch-sensitive surface and configured to detect user contact with the touch-sensitive surface; means for determining a first gesture portion while the at least one sense element detects the user contact with the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the first gesture portion indicates functionality that is to be initiated; means for determining a second gesture portion while the at least one sense element detects the user contact with the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the second gesture portion indicates content to be used in connection with the functionality indicated by the first gesture; and means for initiating the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion in connection with the content indicated by the second gesture portion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage medium that includes instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:
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detect user contact with a touch-sensitive device using at least one sensor of the touch-sensitive device; detect, using the at least one sensor, a first gesture portion while the user contact is maintained with the touch-sensitive device, wherein the first gesture portion indicates functionality to be performed; detect, using the at least one sensor, a second gesture portion while the user contact is maintained with the touch-sensitive device, wherein the second gesture portion indicates content to be used in connection with the functionality of the first gesture; detect, using the at least one sensor, completion of the second gesture portion; and initiate the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion in connection with the content indicated by the second gesture portion. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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