GESTURE-BASED SELECTION

• US 20120174041A1
• Filed: 06/07/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: QUERU, JEAN BAPTISTE MAURICE
• Granted Patent: US 8,863,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/11 Instrument graphical user interfaces or menu aspects
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/146 Instrument input by gesture
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/566 Mobile devices displaying vehicle information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/573 Mobile devices controlling vehicle functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/566 Mobile devices displaying vehicle information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/573 Mobile devices controlling vehicle functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/80 Arrangements for controlling instruments
• 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 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for gesture-based selection. In one aspect, a method includes displaying, on a user interface, information referencing a first set of data items, and at least one control that references multiple values, identifying a first gesture input by a user using the control, selecting a first value based on the first gesture, identifying a second gesture input by the user using the control, selecting a second value based on the second gesture, selecting a second set of data items to display based on the first and second values, and displaying information referencing the second set of data items.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, information referencing a first set of data items;

receiving, at the touch-sensitive display, a single, continuous user input that defines a first drag gesture, then a hold gesture, then a second drag gesture;

selecting a first value from a set of multiple values based on the first drag gesture;

selecting a second value from the set of multiple values based on the second drag gesture;

selecting a second set of data items based on the first and second values; and

displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, information referencing the second set of data items.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, at least one control that references the multiple values from the set of multiple values,

wherein the user inputs the single, continuous user input using the at least one control.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the at least one control is a single control, and first drag gesture and the second drag gesture are input using the single control.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the at least one control comprises a first control and a second control,

the user inputs the first drag gesture using the first control, and

the user inputs the second drag gesture using the second control.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information referencing a first set of data items is sorted, and wherein the first value and the second value are included in a query.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the first value is a character and the second value is a character.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the first value represents time expressed according to a first unit of time and the second value represents time expressed according to a second, different unit of time.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein selecting the first value comprises selecting a value displayed on the at least one control when the first drag gesture ends;

and

selecting the second value comprises selecting a value displayed on the at least one control when the second drag gesture ends.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the hold gesture comprises a pause in user input movement on the touch-sensitive display while contact with the touch-sensitive display is maintained.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein the pause has at least a predetermined minimum duration.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first drag gesture comprises movement on the touch-sensitive display while contact with the touch-sensitive display is maintained.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first drag gesture and the second drag gesture each comprise movement on the touch-sensitive display in a substantially linear direction.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the single, continuous user input traces a continuous path on the touch-sensitive display.

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13. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, information referencing a first set of data items;

receiving, at the touch-sensitive display, a single, continuous user input that defines a first drag gesture, then a hold gesture, then a second drag gesture;

selecting a first value from a set of multiple values based on the first drag gesture;

selecting a second value from the set of multiple values based on the second drag gesture;

selecting a second set of data items based on the first and second values; and

displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, information referencing the second set of data items.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, at least one control that references the multiple values from the set of multiple values,

wherein the user inputs the single, continuous user input using the at least one control.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one control is a single control, and first drag gesture and the second drag gesture are input using the single control.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one control comprises a first control and a second control,

the user inputs the first drag gesture using the first control, and

the user inputs the second drag gesture using the second control.

17. A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, information referencing a first set of data items;

receiving, at the touch-sensitive display, a single, continuous user input that defines a first drag gesture, then a hold gesture, then a second drag gesture;

selecting a first value from the multiple values based on the first drag gesture;

selecting a second value from the multiple values based on the second drag gesture;

selecting a second set of data items based on the first and second values; and

displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, information referencing the second set of data items.

18. The computer storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, at least one control that references the multiple values from the set of multiple values,

wherein the user inputs the single, continuous user input using the at least one control.

19. The computer storage medium of claim 18, wherein the at least one control is a single control, and first drag gesture and the second drag gesture are input using the single control.

20. The computer storage medium of claim 18, wherein the at least one control comprises a first control and a second control,

the user inputs the first drag gesture input by a user using the first control, and

the user inputs the second drag gesture using the second control.