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Control of an electronic device using a gesture as an input

  • US 7,932,895 B2
  • Filed: 05/24/2005
  • Issued: 04/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • recording with a gesture input device a gesture, wherein the gesture is defined by a moving point having a trajectory broken into partial gestures which are contiguous touch gestures, and where waypoints separate the partial gestures and the trajectory of the moving point is uninterrupted from a starting point to an end point and detecting, within the gesture, each one of a sequence of the partial gestures that form the gesture; and

    performing a same first command on detecting each partial gesture, where the gesture input device comprises part of an electronic device that comprises a display, and where the first command is at least one of a command to perform a display scroll up function or scroll down function, and a command to perform a display page back function or page forward function, wherein the method further comprises;

    a) detecting a potential waypoint separating partial gestures;

    b) testing to confirm that the potential waypoint is a waypoint separating partial gestures;

    c) if the test is positive, performing the first command; and

    repeating step a), b) and c) until the gesture ends.

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