SELF-REVEALING SYMBOLIC GESTURES

• US 20150007117A1
• Filed: 06/26/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2013
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hammontree, Monty L., Bapat, Vikram, Chen, Xiaoji, Athans, Emmanuel J., Schultz, Kristoffer, Cruz, Wilfredo
• Application Number:
  US13/928,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20150007117A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

A computing device implemented method includes recording, in response to an initial user activation event, a first path of a first portion of a direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture. In response to a pause in the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture, a selected number of possible symbolic gestures are displayed based on the recorded first path that reveal system commands that map to the symbolic gestures. A second path of a second portion of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture is recorded. In response to the recorded first and second paths of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture and a trigger, a first system command is accessed that maps to the first direction-specific gesture.

Claims

1. A computer readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for controlling a computing device to perform a method comprising:

recording, in response to an initial user activation event, a first path of a first portion of a direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture;

displaying, in response to a pause in the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture, a selected number of possible symbolic gestures based on the recorded first path that reveal system commands that map to the symbolic gestures;

recording a second path of a second portion of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture; and

accessing, in response to the recorded first and second paths of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture and a trigger, a first system command that maps to the first direction-specific gesture.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, the method comprising:

executing the accessed first system command.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture includes a curve.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, the method comprising:

calculating the selected number of possible symbolic gestures based on the recorded first path and gestures that align with the record first path.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, the method comprising:

calculating the selected number of possible symbolic gestures based on the recorded first path and gestures that are most used by a user.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, the method comprising:

receiving the initial user activation event, the initial user activation event produced from one of;

a digit of a hand of a user, a keyboard chord, a keyboard hot key, a stylus, and an action of a pointing device.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, the method comprising:

recording a third path of a third portion of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture; and

accessing, in response to the recorded first, second, and third paths of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture and the trigger, the first system command that maps to the first direction-specific gesture.

8. A computing device implemented method comprising:

recording, in response to an initial user activation event, a first path of a first portion of a direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture;

displaying, in response to a pause in the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture, a selected number of possible symbolic gestures based on the recorded first path that reveal system commands that map to the symbolic gestures;

recording a second path of a second portion of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture; and

accessing, in response to the recorded first and second paths of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture and a trigger, a first system command that maps to the first direction-specific gesture.

9. The method of claim 8 comprising:

executing the accessed first system command.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture includes a curve.

11. The method of claim 8 comprising:

receiving the first and second portions of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture produced from one of;

a digit of a hand of a user, a stylus, and an action of a pointing device.

12. The method of claim 11 comprising:

producing the trigger in response to one of the digit being lifted from a touchscreen, the stylus being lifted from a touchscreen, and a second action of the pointing device.

13. The method of claim 8 comprising:

receiving the initial user activation event.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the initial user activation event is produced from a digit of a hand of a user.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the initial user activation event is produced from one of:

a keyboard chord, a keyboard hot key, a stylus, and an action of a pointing device.

16. The method of claim 8 comprising:

receiving the first and second portions of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture produced from a digit of a hand of a user; and

producing the trigger in response to the digit being lifted from a touchscreen.

17. A computing device implemented method comprising:

receiving an initial user activation event;

receiving a first portion of a direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture, the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture including a curve;

recording, in response to the initial user activation event, a first path of the first portion of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture;

displaying, in response to a pause in the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture, a selected number of possible symbolic gestures based on the recorded first path that reveal system commands that map to the symbolic gestures;

receiving a second portion of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture;

recording a second path of the second portion of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture; and

accessing, in response to the recorded first and second paths of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture and a trigger, a first system command that maps to the first direction-specific gesture.

18. The method of claim 17 comprising:

executing the accessed first system command.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the first and second portions of the direction-specific symbolic swipe gesture are produced from a digit of a first hand of the user, and the initial user activation event is produced from a digit of a second hand of the user.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the initial user activation event is produced from one of:

a digit of a second hand of the user, a keyboard chord, a keyboard hot key, a stylus, and an action of a pointing device.