Control of the operating system on a computing device via finger angle using a high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) touch user interface
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1. A method of controlling a computing system executing one or more applications, the method comprising:
- receiving a tactile user input on a tactile sensor array; and
recognizing the tactile user input as either an individual gesture or a series of gestures;
determining if the recognized gesture is specific to the application being executed on the computing system or not;
upon determining that the recognized gesture is specific to a first application being executed on the computing system, invoking a first command to control the first application based on the recognized gesture; and
upon determining that the recognized gesture is not specific to the first application being executed on the computing system, invoking a second command to control one or more aspects of the computing system based on the recognized gesture,wherein at least one of the first gesture and the second gesture comprises a finger angle.
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Abstract
System and method for using 3D and 6D parameter capture, gesture recognition, and symbol events provided a high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) to control a variety of computer and other applications via spatial metaphors visual user interfaces.
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1. A method of controlling a computing system executing one or more applications, the method comprising:
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receiving a tactile user input on a tactile sensor array; and recognizing the tactile user input as either an individual gesture or a series of gestures; determining if the recognized gesture is specific to the application being executed on the computing system or not; upon determining that the recognized gesture is specific to a first application being executed on the computing system, invoking a first command to control the first application based on the recognized gesture; and upon determining that the recognized gesture is not specific to the first application being executed on the computing system, invoking a second command to control one or more aspects of the computing system based on the recognized gesture, wherein at least one of the first gesture and the second gesture comprises a finger angle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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