PERFORMING AN ACTION ON A TOUCH-ENABLED DEVICE BASED ON A GESTURE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- detecting a gesture with regard to a designated virtual element in a plurality of virtual elements that are displayed on a touch screen, the gesture being a user command to provide a preview of information associated with the designated virtual element; and
providing the preview of the information, without activating the designated virtual element to access the information, based on detecting the gesture with regard to the designated virtual element.
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Abstract
Techniques are described herein that are capable of performing an action on a touch-enabled device based on a gesture. A gesture (e.g., a hover gesture, a gaze gesture, a look-and-blink gesture, a voice gesture, a touch gesture, etc.) can be detected and an action performed in response to the detection. A hover gesture can occur without a user physically touching a touch screen of a touch-enabled device. Instead, the user'"'"'s finger or fingers can be positioned at a spaced distance above the touch screen. The touch screen can detect that the user'"'"'s fingers, palm, etc. are proximate to the touch screen, such as through capacitive sensing. Additionally, finger movement can be detected while the fingers are hovering to expand the existing options for gesture input.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a gesture with regard to a designated virtual element in a plurality of virtual elements that are displayed on a touch screen, the gesture being a user command to provide a preview of information associated with the designated virtual element; and providing the preview of the information, without activating the designated virtual element to access the information, based on detecting the gesture with regard to the designated virtual element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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detecting a hover gesture with regard to a virtual element on a touch screen, the hover gesture being a user command to perform an action associated with the virtual element, the hover gesture occurring without touching the touch screen; and performing the action based on the hover gesture. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to perform an action based on a gesture, the computer program product comprising:
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a first program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to detect at least one finger in a hover position, the at least one finger being a spaced distance from a touch screen; a second program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to detect a hover gesture with regard to a virtual element on the touch screen, the hover gesture being a user command to perform an action associated with the virtual element, the hover gesture occurring without touching the touch screen; and a third program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to perform the action based on the hover gesture. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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