Gesture-based screen-magnified touchscreen navigation
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1. A method of navigating a touchscreen computing device under software magnification, the method comprising the steps of:
- communicatively accessing the operating system of the computing device, the computing device displaying a canvas scrollable by touch gestures invoked by an end user, the canvas having a larger area than can be presented within screen edges of the touchscreen in a single viewing instance without reducing a default magnification level of the canvas, wherein the canvas is subdivided into a first canvas view and a second canvas view, the first canvas view enclosed by a conceptual boundary;
displaying the first canvas view within the screen edges;
invoking a magnification feature wherein a portion of the first canvas view is further enlarged to the screen edges of the touchscreen, a viewable area within the first canvas view defined by a magnification viewport;
panning across the first canvas view under a first magnification level until reaching the boundary of the first canvas view, the panning invoked by a first directional touchscreen gesture; and
responsive to detecting additional canvas laying beyond the boundary in the same direction as a second directional touchscreen gesture, scrolling the canvas beyond the boundary, whereby the second canvas view is presented on the touchscreen through the magnification viewport at the first magnification level;
wherein, within the magnification viewport, a first directional gesture having a first quantity of digits in contact with the touchscreen scrolls the first canvas view up to the boundary but does not scroll the canvas into the second canvas view, while the second directional gesture having a second quantity of digits different from the first quantity of digits in contact with the touchscreen scrolls the canvas across the boundary while maintaining a constant magnification level within the magnification viewport.
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Abstract
Screen magnification software on a touchscreen device detects when a low-vision user reaches the boundary of a magnified viewport. If additional canvas or menus lay on the other side of the boundary the present invention enables the low-vision user to maintain the same exploration gesture on the touchscreen while causing the underlying canvas to scroll into view in the direction of the gesture. This invention enables the low-vision user to navigate about the entire underlying canvas of a touchscreen graphic user interface with a single, intuitive touchscreen gesture even under magnification.
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1. A method of navigating a touchscreen computing device under software magnification, the method comprising the steps of:
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communicatively accessing the operating system of the computing device, the computing device displaying a canvas scrollable by touch gestures invoked by an end user, the canvas having a larger area than can be presented within screen edges of the touchscreen in a single viewing instance without reducing a default magnification level of the canvas, wherein the canvas is subdivided into a first canvas view and a second canvas view, the first canvas view enclosed by a conceptual boundary; displaying the first canvas view within the screen edges; invoking a magnification feature wherein a portion of the first canvas view is further enlarged to the screen edges of the touchscreen, a viewable area within the first canvas view defined by a magnification viewport; panning across the first canvas view under a first magnification level until reaching the boundary of the first canvas view, the panning invoked by a first directional touchscreen gesture; and responsive to detecting additional canvas laying beyond the boundary in the same direction as a second directional touchscreen gesture, scrolling the canvas beyond the boundary, whereby the second canvas view is presented on the touchscreen through the magnification viewport at the first magnification level; wherein, within the magnification viewport, a first directional gesture having a first quantity of digits in contact with the touchscreen scrolls the first canvas view up to the boundary but does not scroll the canvas into the second canvas view, while the second directional gesture having a second quantity of digits different from the first quantity of digits in contact with the touchscreen scrolls the canvas across the boundary while maintaining a constant magnification level within the magnification viewport. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of running a software program on a touchscreen computing device, the computing device operating under an operating system, the method including issuing instructions from the software program comprising:
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communicatively accessing the operating system of the computing device, the computing device displaying a canvas scrollable by touch gestures invoked by an end user, the canvas having a larger area than can be presented within screen edges of the touchscreen in a single viewing instance without reducing a default magnification level of the canvas, wherein the canvas is subdivided into a first canvas view and a second canvas view, the first canvas view enclosed by a conceptual boundary; displaying the first canvas view within the screen edges; invoking a magnification feature wherein a portion of the first canvas view is further enlarged to the screen edges of the touchscreen, a viewable area within the first canvas view defined by a magnification viewport; panning across the first canvas view under a first magnification level until reaching the boundary of the first canvas view, the panning invoked by a first directional touchscreen gesture; and responsive to detecting additional canvas laying beyond the boundary in the same direction as a second touchscreen gesture, scrolling the canvas beyond the boundary, whereby the second canvas view is presented on the touchscreen through the magnification viewport at the first magnification level; wherein, within the magnification viewport, a first directional gesture having a first quantity of digits in contact with the touchscreen scrolls the first canvas view up to the boundary but does not scroll the canvas into the second canvas view, while the second directional gesture having a second quantity of digits different from the first quantity of digits in contact with the touchscreen scrolls the canvas across the boundary while maintaining a constant magnification level within the magnification viewport. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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