Touch pull-in gesture
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1. A method implemented by a portable computer device, the method comprising:
- detecting a touch input that from a position at least partially off of a touch-screen, crosses over an edge of the touch-screen, and progresses as an expanding contact region from the edge of the touch-screen toward approximately a center region of the touch-screen while the touch input remains in contact with the touch-screen;
determining the expanding contact region as a touch pull-in gesture to initiate a display of a user interface component based on a direction variable, a start region position variable, and a motion rate variable for which data is ascertained from the detected touch input; and
initiating a display of the user interface component at a location of the touch pull-in gesture where detected as the touch input on the touch-screen, the touch pull-in gesture giving the appearance that the user interface component is dragged onto the touch-screen in a direction of the touch-pull in gesture.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a touch pull-in gesture are described. In various embodiments, a touch input is detected that starts at an edge of a touch-screen and progresses as an expanding contact region from the edge of the touch-screen toward approximately a center region of the touch-screen while the touch input remains in contact with the touch-screen. The expanding contact region is determined as a touch pull-in gesture to initiate a display of a user interface component.
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20 Claims
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1. A method implemented by a portable computer device, the method comprising:
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detecting a touch input that from a position at least partially off of a touch-screen, crosses over an edge of the touch-screen, and progresses as an expanding contact region from the edge of the touch-screen toward approximately a center region of the touch-screen while the touch input remains in contact with the touch-screen; determining the expanding contact region as a touch pull-in gesture to initiate a display of a user interface component based on a direction variable, a start region position variable, and a motion rate variable for which data is ascertained from the detected touch input; and initiating a display of the user interface component at a location of the touch pull-in gesture where detected as the touch input on the touch-screen, the touch pull-in gesture giving the appearance that the user interface component is dragged onto the touch-screen in a direction of the touch-pull in gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable computer device, comprising:
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at least a memory and a processor configured to implement a touch pull-in gesture that gives the appearance of dragging a user interface component onto a touch-screen for display, the user interface component appearing to be dragged onto the touch-screen in a direction that the touch pull-in gesture is performed; a touch-screen driver configured to detect a touch input that crosses onto a side edge of the touch-screen from a position outside of the touch-screen and progresses as an expanding contact region from the side edge of the touch-screen toward approximately a center region of the touch-screen while the touch input remains in contact with the touch-screen; and an interface application configured to receive gesture data that corresponds to the touch pull-in gesture from the touch-screen driver and determine the expanding contact region as the touch pull-in gesture to initiate a display of the user interface component at a location of the touch pull-in gesture on the touch-screen, wherein the gesture data received by the interface application is used to determine the expanded contact region as the touch pull-in gesture and includes data representative of at least a direction variable, a start region position variable, and a motion rate variable. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Computer-readable memory devices having stored thereon instructions that are executable by a portable computer device to perform rising:
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detecting a touch input that starts at least partially off of a touch-screen, crosses over an edge of the touch-screen, and progresses as an expanding contact region from the edge of the touch-screen and across the touch-screen while the touch input remains in contact with the touch-screen; determining the expanding contact region as a touch pull-in gesture using a combination of a direction variable, a start region position variable, and a motion rate variable and for which data is ascertained from the detected touch input; and initiating a display of a user interface component at a location of the touch pull-in gesture where detected as the touch input on the touch-screen, the touch pull-in gesture giving the appearance that the user interface component is dragged onto the touch screen, the user interface component appearing to be dragged from the edge of the touch-screen over which the touch input crosses and toward a center of the touch-screen. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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