Visual feedback deletion

• US 8,584,049 B1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 11/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhai, Shumin, Bi, Xiaojun, Partridge, Kurt Edward, Ouyang, Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): TILLERY, RASHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US13/830,273
• Time in Patent Office: 243 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863, 715/864, 715/702, 715/255, 715/256, 715/780, 715/268, 715/833, 715/823
• 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 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs

Abstract

In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device and for display, a text display region comprising one or more characters. The method may further include outputting, in response to receiving an indication of an input unit detected at a first location of a presence-sensitive input device, a graphical indicator comprising a representation of a threshold distance. The method may further include receiving an indication of a gesture comprising movement of the input unit from the first location to a second location, and outputting a visual change of the graphical indicator corresponding to the movement of the input unit. The method may further include determining that a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies the threshold distance, and deleting, in response to determining that the threshold distance is satisfied, the one or more characters from the text display region.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

outputting, by a computing device and for display, a text display region comprising one or more characters;

responsive to receiving an indication of an input unit detected at a first location of a presence-sensitive input device, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a graphical indicator comprising a representation of a threshold distance;

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a gesture detected at the presence-sensitive input device, the gesture comprising movement of the input unit from the first location of the presence-sensitive input device to a second location of the presence-sensitive input device;

responsive to receiving the indication of the gesture, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a visual change of the graphical indicator corresponding to the movement of the input unit from the first location to the second location;

determining, by the computing device, that a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies the threshold distance; and

deleting, by the computing device and in response to determining that the threshold distance is satisfied, the one or more characters from the text display region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the visual change of the graphical indicator corresponding to the movement of the input unit from the first location to the second location comprises outputting the visual change of the graphical indicator to indicate a distance between a location of the presence-sensitive input device that detects the input unit and the second location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting, by the computing device and for display, a visual effect corresponding to the movement of the input unit, the visual effect indicating that the one or more characters are selected for deletion.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the visual effect comprises a graphical strikethrough of the one or more characters.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the gesture comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises movement of the input unit from the first location to a third location that is positioned between the first location and the second location, and wherein the second portion comprises movement of the input unit from the third location towards the first location, the method further comprising:

removing, by the computing device and in response to receiving the indication of the second portion of the gesture, the visual effect from at least a portion of the one or more characters to indicate that the portion of the one or more characters is deselected for deletion.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein outputting the visual effect corresponding to the movement of the input unit comprises outputting the visual effect based at least in part on a distance between a location of the presence-sensitive input device that detects the input unit and the first location.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising outputting, by the computing device and for display, a text window comprising the one or more characters, wherein outputting the visual effect indicating that the one or more characters are selected for selection comprises outputting the visual effect for display at the text window.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the input unit comprises a first input unit, and wherein the gesture comprises a first gesture, the method further comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a second gesture detected at the presence-sensitive input device, the second gesture comprising movement of the second input unit from a third location of the presence-sensitive input device to a fourth location of the presence-sensitive input device; and

removing, by the computing device and responsive to receiving the indication of the second gesture, the visual effect from at least a portion of the one or more characters to indicate that the portion of the one or more characters is deselected for deletion, wherein deleting the one or more characters from the text display region comprises deleting the portion of the one or more characters that is selected for deletion.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the indication of the second gesture comprising the movement of the second input unit from the third location of the presence-sensitive input device to the fourth location of the presence-sensitive input device comprises receiving the indication of the second gesture from the third location to the fourth location in a direction towards the first location of the presence-sensitive input device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical indicator comprises a first graphical indicator, wherein the threshold distance comprises a first threshold distance, wherein the gesture comprises a first portion of the gesture and a second portion of the gesture, and wherein the first portion of the gesture comprises the movement of the input unit from the first location of the presence-sensitive input device to the second location of the presence-sensitive input device, the method further comprising:

outputting, by the computing device and for display at the text display region, a plurality of characters comprising a first portion of the plurality of characters and a second portion of the plurality of characters, wherein the first portion of the plurality of characters comprises the one or more characters;

in response to determining that the first threshold distance is satisfied, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a second graphical indicator comprising a representation of a second threshold distance;

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of the second portion of the gesture, the second portion of the gesture comprising movement of the input unit from the second location of the presence-sensitive input device to a third location of the presence-sensitive input device;

responsive to receiving the indication of the second portion of the gesture, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a visual change of the second graphical indicator corresponding to the movement of the input unit from the second location to the third location;

determining, by the computing device, that a distance between the second location and the third location satisfies the second threshold distance; and

deleting, by the computing device and in response to determining that the second threshold distance is satisfied, the second portion of the plurality of characters from the text display region.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting, by the computing device and for display at the text display region, a plurality of characters comprising a line of text, wherein the plurality of characters comprises the one or more characters, and wherein deleting the one or more characters from the text display region comprises deleting the plurality of characters comprising the line of text from the text display region.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein deleting the plurality of characters comprising the line of text comprises:

deleting the plurality of characters in response to determining that the gesture comprising the movement of the input unit from the first location of the presence-sensitive input device to the second location of the presence-sensitive input device comprises movement in a direction from the first location to the second location that is substantially orthogonal to a visual orientation of the text display region.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the input unit comprises a first input unit, and wherein the gesture comprises a first gesture, the method further comprising:

outputting, by the computing device and for display, a plurality of characters comprising a word, wherein the plurality of characters comprises the one or more characters; and

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a second gesture detected at the presence-sensitive input device, the second gesture comprising movement of the second input unit from a third location of the presence-sensitive input device to a fourth location of the presence-sensitive input device, wherein deleting the one or more characters from the text display region comprises deleting, in response to receiving the indication of the second gesture, the plurality of characters comprising the word from the text display region.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

outputting, by the computing device and for display at the text display region, a plurality of characters comprising a first portion of the plurality of characters and a second portion of the plurality of characters, wherein the first portion of the plurality of characters comprises the one or more characters;

determining, by the computing device, that the input unit is detected at the second location for a threshold amount of time; and

deleting, by the computing device and in response to determining that the input unit is detected at the second location for the threshold amount of time, the second portion of the plurality of characters from the text display region.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting, by the computing device and for display, a graphical keyboard, wherein the first location is associated with a delete key of the graphical keyboard.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the graphical indicator for display further comprises outputting the graphical indicator for display in response to determining, by the computing device, that the input unit is detected at the first location for a threshold amount of time.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the graphical indicator comprising the representation of the threshold distance comprises outputting the graphical indicator that extends from a third location to a fourth location.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the third location comprises a location that is at or near the first location, and wherein the fourth location comprises a location that is at or near the second location.

19. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor of a computing device to:

output, for display, a text display region comprising one or more characters;

responsive to receiving an indication of an input unit detected at a first location of a presence-sensitive input device, output, for display, a graphical indicator comprising a representation of a threshold distance;

receive an indication of a gesture detected at the presence-sensitive input device, the gesture comprising movement of the input unit from the first location of the presence-sensitive input device to a second location of the presence-sensitive input device;

responsive to receiving the indication of the gesture, output, for display, a visual change of the graphical indicator corresponding to the movement of the input unit from the first location to the second location;

determine that a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies the threshold distance; and

delete, in response to determining that the threshold distance is satisfied, at least a portion of the one or more characters from the text display region.

20. A device comprising:

at least one processor;

a presence-sensitive input device; and

at least one module operable by the at least one processor to;

output, for display, a text display region comprising one or more characters;

responsive to receiving an indication of an input unit detected at a first location of the presence-sensitive input device, output, for display, a graphical indicator comprising a representation of a threshold distance;

receive an indication of a gesture detected at the presence-sensitive input device, the gesture comprising movement of the input unit from the first location of the presence-sensitive input device to a second location of the presence-sensitive input device;

responsive to receiving the indication of the gesture, output, for display, a visual change of the graphical indicator corresponding to the movement of the input unit from the first location to the second location;

determine that a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies the threshold distance; and

delete, in response to determining that the threshold distance is satisfied, the one or more characters from the text display region.