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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DEVICE

  • US 20180039409A1
  • Filed: 08/08/2017
  • Published: 02/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a device, the method comprising:

  • generating and displaying a graphical user interface on a display area, wherein the user interface comprises at least one operating object assigned to an application program for controlling the device;

    generating and displaying output data using an application program, wherein the output data are generated and displayed in the region of the assigned operating object, wherein the application program has a function having exactly two activatable program states consisting of a first program state and a second program state, wherein, the output data are generated based on the activated program state;

    while the first program state is activated, detecting an input gesture on the user interface, wherein the at least one operating object has a first region and a second region;

    assigning the detected input gesture to the first region or to the second region;

    in response to the input gesture having been assigned to the first region and the detected gesture being of a first gesture type, activating the second program state; and

    in response to the input gesture having been assigned to the second region and the detected gesture being of the first gesture type, generating and displaying a full image representation of the application program.

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