Gestures for Keyboard Switch

• US 20150234593A1
• Filed: 05/01/2015
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: St. Clair, Luke
• Granted Patent: US 9,778,843 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of a computing device; and, in response to a touch gesture, displaying a second one of the keyboards on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, displaying a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of the computing device;

by the computing device, detecting a touch gesture on the touch-screen display;

by the computing device, determining based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display; and

by the computing device, displaying with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch gesture comprises a two-finger tap.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch gesture comprises a swipe touch gesture.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the swipe touch gesture comprises a one-finger swipe touch gesture.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the swipe touch gesture comprises a two-finger swipe touch gesture.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch gesture occurs substantially within an area of the display of the first one of the touch-screen keyboards.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying with the second one of the keyboards an indication of a third one of the keyboards that the user can make a touch-gesture to have displayed on the touch-screen display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises only letters and the second one of the keyboards comprises only numbers.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises a standard layout and the second one of the keyboards comprises a non-standard layout.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the standard layout is a QWERTY layout and the non-standard layout is a Dvorak simplified keyboard.

11. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

display a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of a computing device;

detect a touch gesture on the touch-screen display;

determine based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display; and

display with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the touch gesture comprises a two-finger tap.

13. The media of claim 11, wherein the touch gesture comprises a swipe touch gesture.

14. The media of claim 12, wherein the swipe touch gesture comprises a one-finger swipe touch gesture.

15. The media of claim 12, wherein the swipe touch gesture comprises a two-finger swipe touch gesture.

16. The media of claim 11, wherein the touch gesture occurs substantially within an area of the display of the first one of the touch-screen keyboards.

17. The media of claim 11, wherein the software is further operable when executed to display with the second one of the keyboards an indication of a third one of the keyboards that the user can make a touch-gesture to have displayed on the touch-screen display.

18. The media of claim 11, wherein the first one of the keyboards comprises only letters and the second one of the keyboards comprises only numbers.

19. A device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processors and embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to;

display a first one of a plurality of touch-screen keyboards on a touch-screen display of the device;

detect a touch gesture on the touch-screen display;

determine based on the touch gesture a second one of the keyboards to display on the touch-screen display in place of the first one of the keyboards, wherein the determination is independent of a location of the touch gesture on the touch-screen display; and

display with the first one of the keyboards an indication of the second one of the keyboards.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the touch gesture comprises a two-finger tap.