GESTURE GROUP SELECTION
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1. A method, comprising:
- identifying an icon on a user interface based on a position of a user input relative to the user interface;
detecting a direction of a gesture input relative to the user interface;
detecting a distance of the gesture input;
detecting a duration of the gesture input; and
determining, by a processor, to add the identified icon to a selection group of icons based on the detected gesture input direction, distance, and duration.
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to gesture group selection. In one embodiment, a group selection of an icon is determined based on a direction, duration, and distance of a user gesture relative to a selected icon. The selected icon may be added to a group of selected icons. An operation may be performed on the group of selected icons.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying an icon on a user interface based on a position of a user input relative to the user interface;
detecting a direction of a gesture input relative to the user interface;detecting a distance of the gesture input; detecting a duration of the gesture input; and determining, by a processor, to add the identified icon to a selection group of icons based on the detected gesture input direction, distance, and duration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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a display; a sensor to sense a gesture input relative to the display; a storage to store information about a selection group; a processor to; determine a group selection of an identified icon displayed do the display based on information from the sensor indicating duration, distance, and direction of a gesture input relative to the display device; and add information about the icon to the stored information about the selection group. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
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determine a selection of a first icon based on a position, distance, duration, and direction of a first gesture input; determine a selection of a second icon based on a position, distance, duration, and direction of a second gesture input; and output information about a selection group including the first icon and the second icon to an operating system method for group selection.
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- 13. The machine-readable non-transitory storage medium of claim 13, further comprising instructions to call an operating system method to perform an operation on the selection group.
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