GESTURE-BASED WINDOW MANAGEMENT

• US 20160026358A1
• Filed: 07/28/2014
• Published: 01/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Stewart, Aaron Michael, Cassidy, Lance Warren, Skinner, Jeffrey E., Yu, Jonathan Jen-Wei
• Application Number:
  US14/444,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20160026358A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• 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 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are presented for detecting a multi-touch gesture on one or more displays of an information handling device, the information handling device being associated with a plurality of display contexts, and invoking a window event in response to the multi-touch gesture, the window event being associated with one or more graphical window interfaces presented within a display context of the plurality of display contexts.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

one or more displays comprising at least one multi-touch display;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising;

code that detects a multi-touch gesture on the one or more displays, the apparatus being associated with a plurality of display contexts; and

code that invokes a window event in response to the multi-touch gesture, the window event being associated with one or more graphical window interfaces presented within a display context of the plurality of display contexts.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display contexts comprises a plurality of displays associated with the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display contexts comprises a plurality of display panes, a display pane comprising a logically defined viewing area within a display associated with the apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that assigns a multi-touch gesture to a window event associated with a display context of the plurality of display contexts.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that moves a graphical window interface from a first display context associated with the apparatus to a second display context associated with the apparatus in response to the multi-touch gesture, the window event comprising a repositioning event.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the graphical window is moved in a direction that corresponds to the direction of the multi-touch gesture, and wherein the graphical window is moved a distance proportional to a length of the multi-touch gesture.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that reveals a graphical window interface on a display context associated with the apparatus in response to the multi-touch gesture, the window event comprising a revealing event.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the graphical window interface is revealed from an edge of a display context associated with the apparatus.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein an amount of the graphical window interface that is revealed from the edge of the display context is based on a length of the multi-touch gesture.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the revealed graphical window interface comprises an input interface, the input interface comprising one of an on-screen keyboard and a note-taking application.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising code that changes a view of contents presented within a graphical window interface in response to the multi-touch gesture, the window event comprising a view event.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multi-touch gesture is one of a plurality of multi-touch gestures comprising a gesture library, and wherein each multi-touch gesture of the plurality of multi-touch gestures is assigned to a unique window event.

13. A method comprising:

detecting, by use of a processor, a multi-touch gesture on an information handling device, the information handling device being associated with a plurality of display contexts; and

invoking a window event in response to the multi-touch gesture, the window event being associated with one or more graphical window interfaces presented within a display context of the plurality of display contexts.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of display contexts comprises one of:

a plurality of displays associated with the information handling device; and

a plurality of display panes, a display pane comprising a logically defined viewing area within a display associated with the information handling device.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising assigning a multi-touch gesture to a window event associated with a display context of the plurality of display contexts.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the window event comprises a repositioning event that moves a graphical window interface from a first display context associated with the information handling device to a second display context associated with the information handling device in response to the multi-touch gesture.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the window event comprises a revealing event that reveals a graphical window interface on a display context associated with the information handling device in response to the multi-touch gesture.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the graphical window interface is revealed from an edge of a display context associated with the information handling device.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the window event comprises a view event that changes a view of contents presented within a graphical window interface in response to the multi-touch gesture.

20. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

detecting a multi-touch gesture on an information handling device, the information handling device being associated with a plurality of display contexts; and

invoking a window event in response to the multi-touch gesture, the window event being associated with one or more graphical window interfaces presented within a display context of the plurality of display contexts.