Touch display scroll control

• US 8,775,971 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2008
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hoover, Paul Armistead
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu
• Assistant Examiner(s): LOWENBERGER, AARON J
• Application Number:
  US12/328,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20100146387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,041 Days
• Field of Search: 715/784, 715/830, 715/863, 345/684
• US Class Current: 715/830
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A scroll control recognizes a touch input directed to a selectable item while the selectable item is scrolling on a touch display. The scroll control determines if the selectable item is scrolling above a threshold velocity when the touch input directed to the selectable item is recognized. If the selectable item is determined to be scrolling above the threshold velocity, scrolling of the selectable item is stopped. If the selectable item is determined to be scrolling below the threshold velocity, the selectable item is selected.

Claims

1. A method of interpreting user input, the method comprising:

scrolling a selectable item on a touch display;

recognizing a touch input directed to the selectable item while the selectable item is scrolling on the touch display;

determining if the selectable item is scrolling above a threshold velocity when the touch input directed to the selectable item is recognized, the threshold velocity being selected for the selectable item from a plurality of different threshold velocities based on a size of the selectable item to which the touch input is directed, each of the plurality of different threshold velocities corresponding to one or more different selectable items having a different size; and

stopping scrolling of the selectable item if the selectable item is determined to be scrolling above the threshold velocity or selecting the selectable item if the selectable item is determined to be scrolling below the threshold velocity.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an alternative view of the selectable item upon selection of the selectable item.

3. The method of claim 1, where scrolling the selectable item on the touch display includes scrolling a list including a plurality of selectable items.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising recognizing a swiping touch input and, responsive to the swiping touch input, scrolling the selectable item with a scrolling inertia on the touch display.

5. The method of claim 1, where the threshold velocity corresponds to the selectable item moving a distance equal to a dimension of the selectable item in a direction of scrolling in one second.

6. The method of claim 1, where the threshold velocity corresponds to the selectable item moving a distance equal to twice a dimension of the selectable item in a direction of scrolling in one second.

7. The method of claim 1, where the threshold velocity corresponds to the selectable item moving a distance equal to one half a dimension of the selectable item in a direction of scrolling in one second.

8. The method of claim 1, where the threshold velocity corresponds to the selectable item moving a distance equal to one quarter a dimension of the selectable item in a direction of scrolling in one second.

9. A computing device, comprising:

a touch display;

a logic subsystem operatively coupled to the touch display; and

a data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to;

scroll a plurality of selectable items on the touch display;

recognize a touch input directed to one of the plurality of selectable items while that selectable item is scrolling on the touch display;

obtain a dimension of that selectable item in a direction of scrolling, the dimension including a pixel size of the selectable item in the direction of scrolling;

apply a multiplier to the obtained dimension for that selectable item to find a threshold velocity specific to that selectable item;

stop scrolling the plurality of selectable items if that selectable item is scrolling above the threshold velocity when the touch input directed to that selectable item is recognized; and

select that selectable item if that selectable item is scrolling below the threshold velocity when the touch input directed to that selectable item is recognized.

10. The computing device of claim 9, where the data-holding subsystem further holds instructions executable by the logic subsystem to display an alternative view of that selectable item upon selection of that selectable item.

11. The computing device of claim 9, where the data-holding subsystem further holds instructions executable by the logic subsystem to scroll a list including the plurality of selectable items.

12. The computing device of claim 9, where the data-holding subsystem further holds instructions executable by the logic subsystem to recognize a swiping touch input and, responsive to the swiping touch input, scroll that selectable item with a scrolling inertia.

13. The computing device of claim 9, where the threshold velocity corresponds to that selectable item moving a distance equal to a dimension of that selectable item in a direction of scrolling in one second.

14. The computing device of claim 9, where the threshold velocity corresponds to that selectable item moving a distance equal to twice a dimension of that selectable item in a direction of scrolling in one second.

15. The computing device of claim 9, where the threshold velocity corresponds to that selectable item moving a distance equal to one half a dimension of the selectable item in a direction of scrolling in one second.

16. The computing device of claim 9, where the threshold velocity corresponds to the selectable item moving a distance equal to one quarter a dimension of that selectable item in a direction of scrolling in one second.

17. The computing device of claim 9, where the touch display includes a projection subsystem and a camera subsystem.

18. The computing device of claim 9, where the touch display includes a capacitive touch screen.

19. A method of interpreting user input, the method comprising:

scrolling a large selectable item and a small selectable item on a touch display, the large selectable item having a larger size than the small selectable item;

recognizing a first touch input directed to the large selectable item while the large selectable item is scrolling on the touch display;

stopping scrolling of the large selectable item if the large selectable item is determined to be scrolling above a first threshold velocity that is based on the larger size or selecting the large selectable item if the large selectable item is scrolling below the first threshold velocity;

recognizing a second touch input directed to the small selectable item while the small selectable item is scrolling on the touch display;

stopping scrolling of the small selectable item if the small selectable item is determined to be scrolling above a second threshold velocity that is based on a size of the small selectable item or selecting the small selectable item if the small selectable item is scrolling below the second threshold velocity.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first threshold velocity is greater than the second threshold velocity.