STYLUS SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH HOVER OVER STYLUS GESTURE FUNCTIONALITY
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- an electronic device having a display for displaying content to a user and a stylus detection surface for allowing user input via a stylus; and
a user interface executable on the electronic device and comprising a stylus hover over mode, wherein the stylus hover over mode is configured to perform a function on the device in response to a stylus gesture that does not directly touch the stylus detection surface.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for performing functions in electronic devices using stylus gestures while the stylus is hovering over a stylus detection surface of an electronic device. In some cases, a stylus gesture may be accompanied with the user holding down one or more stylus control features. Each uniquely identifiable gesture or combination of gestures may be associated with a distinct device or stylus function. The device may detect whether the stylus is pointing to specific content on the device at the beginning of a gesture and the stylus hover over gesture may perform functions on selected content or on one or more UI control features or icons on the device. In other cases, functions can be performed without reference to specific content. The device may track stylus location, and the non-touch stylus gestures may be location sensitive. An animation can be displayed as non-touch stylus gestures are executed.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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an electronic device having a display for displaying content to a user and a stylus detection surface for allowing user input via a stylus; and a user interface executable on the electronic device and comprising a stylus hover over mode, wherein the stylus hover over mode is configured to perform a function on the device in response to a stylus gesture that does not directly touch the stylus detection surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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an electronic device having a display for displaying content to a user and a stylus detection surface for allowing user input; a stylus configured to communicate with the electronic device via the stylus detection surface; and a user interface executable on the device and comprising a stylus hover over mode, wherein the stylus hover over mode is configured to perform a function on the device in response to a stylus gesture that does not directly touch the stylus detection surface.
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17. A computer program product comprising a plurality of instructions non-transiently encoded thereon to facilitate operation of an electronic device according to the following process, the process comprising:
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display content to a user via a device having a stylus detection surface for allowing user input via a stylus; and perform a function in response to a stylus gesture that does not directly touch the stylus detection surface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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