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GRAPHIC OBJECT SELECTION BY WAY OF DIRECTIONAL SWIPE GESTURES

  • US 20140123051A1
  • Filed: 05/25/2012
  • Published: 05/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of converting signals from a pointing device into user inputs for controlling a computing device, the method comprising:

  • providing a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of primary overlap components, each primary overlap component having a conventional region and a conventional activation criterion associated therewith and an overlappable region and an overlappable activation criterion associated therewith, wherein the conventional activation criterion of the conventional region for each primary overlap component is different from the overlappable activation criterion of the overlappable region for the primary overlap component, each overlappable region comprising a common area overlapping with an overlappable region associated with at least one other primary overlap component, and wherein the overlappable activation criteria associated with the primary overlap components with the overlappable regions containing the common area are different and the conventional activation criteria associated with the primary overlap components with the overlappable regions containing the common area are identical;

    receiving and processing input signals to determine an operation location and an operation behaviour;

    activating a primary overlap component having a conventional region which contains the operation location when the operation behavior matches the conventional activation criterion of the primary overlap component; and

    ,activating a primary overlap component having an overlappable region which contains the operation location when the operation behavior matches the overlappable activation criterion of the primary overlap component.

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