CONTROL OF A DEVICE USING GESTURES

• US 20120297348A1
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Santoro, David T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,875,059 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

In an operating system running on a processing device, detecting a gesture input via a user interface; identifying an operating system operation that corresponds to the gesture; performing the operating system operation; identifying an application running on the operating system that has subscribed to gesture input; and passing data corresponding to the gesture to the application for use by the application.

Claims

1. A method performed on one or more processing devices, comprising:

in an operating system running on the one or more processing devices;

detecting a single gesture input via a user interface;

identifying an operating system operation that corresponds to the single gesture;

performing the operating system operation in response to the single gesture, the operating system operation comprising executing an application;

passing data for the single gesture to the application based on the application being subscribed to gesture input; and

in the application;

receiving the data for the single gesture;

identifying, based on the data, an application operation that corresponds to the single gesture; and

performing the application operation in response to the single gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the application operation is different from the operating system operation.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the operating system operation comprises at least one of copying data, pasting data to the application, deleting data, and moving data;

and

wherein the application operation comprises at least one of opening a note, opening a message, and adding a recipient to an existing message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the application running on the operating system that has subscribed to gesture input comprises referencing a database associated with the operating system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is passed to the application via an application programming interface for the operating system.

6. A method performed on one or more processing devices, comprising:

in an operating system running on the one or more processing devices;

receiving input via a user interface generated by the operating system;

identifying data for a single gesture based on the input, the single gesture being applied to the user interface;

sending the data, via an application programming interface (API), to an application running on the operating system;

determining that the data corresponds to an operating system operation; and

performing the operating system operation; and

in the application;

receiving the data for the single gesture;

determining that the data corresponds to an application operation; and

performing the application operation.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the application operation is different from the operating system operation.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the operating system operation comprises activating the application;

and

wherein the application operation comprises activating a function of the application.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen, the input comprises coordinates on the touch screen, and the operating system identifies the input as corresponding to the single gesture by correlating the coordinates to data corresponding to the single gesture.

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11. (canceled)

13. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

in an operating system running on the one or more processing devices;

detecting a single gesture input via a user interface;

identifying an operating system operation that corresponds to the single gesture;

performing the operating system operation in response to the single gesture, the operating system operation comprising executing an application;

passing data for the single gesture to the application based on the application being subscribed to gesture input; and

in the application;

receiving the data for the single gesture

identifying, based on the data, an application operation that corresponds to the single gesture; and

performing the application operation in response to the single gesture.

15. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 13, wherein the application operation is different from the operating system operation.

16. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 15, wherein the operating system operation comprises at least one of opening the application, copying data, pasting data to the application, deleting data, and moving data;

and

wherein the application operation comprises at least one of opening a note, opening a message, and adding a recipient to an existing message.

17. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 13, wherein identifying the application running on the operating system that has subscribed to gesture input comprises referencing a database associated with the operating system.

18. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 13, wherein the data is passed to the application via an application programming interface (API) for the operating system.

14. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

in an operating system running on the one or more processing devices;

receiving input via a user interface generated by the operating system;

identifying data for a single gesture based on the input, the single gesture being applied to the user interface;

sending the data, via an application programming interface (API), to an application running on the operating system;

determining that the data corresponds to an operating system operation; and

performing the operating system operation; and

in the application;

receiving the data for the single gesture;

determining that the data corresponds to an application operation; and

performing the application operation.

21. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 14, wherein the application operation is different from the operating system operation.

22. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 14, wherein the operating system operation comprises activating the application;

and

wherein the application operation comprises activating a function of the application.

24. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 14, wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen, the input comprises coordinates on the touch screen, and the operating system identifies the input as corresponding to the the single gesture by correlating the coordinates to data corresponding to the single gesture.

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23. (canceled)

25. An apparatus comprising:

memory storing instructions that are executable; and

one or more processing devices to execute the instructions to run an operating system, to run an application, and to perform operations comprising;

in the operating system;

detecting a single gesture input via a user interface;

identifying an operating system operation that corresponds to the single gesture;

performing the operating system operation in response to the single gesture, the operating system operation comprising executing the application;

passing data for the single gesture to the application based on the application being subscribed to gesture input; and

in the application;

receiving the data for the single gesture

identifying, based on the data, an application operation that corresponds to the single gesture; and

performing the application operation in response to the single gesture.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the application operation is different from the operating system operation.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the operating system operation comprises at least one of copying data, pasting data to the application, deleting data, and moving data;

and

wherein the application operation comprises at least one of opening a note, opening a message, and adding a recipient to an existing message.

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein identifying the application running on the operating system that has subscribed to gesture input comprises referencing a database associated with the operating system.

29. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the data is passed to the application via an application programming interface for the operating system.

30. An apparatus comprising:

memory storing instructions that are executable; and

one or more processing devices to execute the instructions to run an operating system, to run an application, and to perform operations comprising;

in the operating system;

receiving input via a user interface generated by the operating system;

identifying data for a single gesture based on the input, the single gesture being applied to the user interface;

sending the data, via an application programming interface (API), to the application running on the operating system;

determining that the data corresponds to an operating system operation; and

performing the operating system operation; and

in the application;

receiving the data for the single gesture;

determining that the data corresponds to an application operation; and

performing the application operation.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the application operation is different from the operating system operation.

32. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the operating system operation comprises activating the application;

and

wherein the application operation comprises activating a function of the application.

33. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen, the input comprises coordinates on the touch screen, and the operating system identifies the input as corresponding to the single gesture by correlating the coordinates to data corresponding to the single gesture.