Touch user interface supporting global and context-specific touch gestures that are responsive to at least one finger angle
First Claim
1. A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface in a system implementing global or universal gestures and application-specific gestures for the control of software executing on a device comprising a touch user interface and a computational processor, the method comprisingRecognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor,Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes between postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor,Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture,Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across applications and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application executing on the system, andWherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture.
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Abstract
A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface in a system implementing global or universal gestures and application-specific gestures for the control of software executing on a device comprising a touch user interface and a computational processor wherein the touch gestures are responsive to at least one finger angle. In an example implementation, wherein when a gesture with an application-specific association is recognized, the user interface operation is determined by the software application that has a currently active user-interface focus. In an example implementation, a global or universal gesture is used to control the system. In an example implementation, a global or universal gesture is used to control a software application executing on the system. In an example implementation, the user interface operation is context-specific.
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20 Claims
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1. A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface in a system implementing global or universal gestures and application-specific gestures for the control of software executing on a device comprising a touch user interface and a computational processor, the method comprising
Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor, Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes between postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor, Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture, Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across applications and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application executing on the system, and Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture.
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6. A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising
Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor, Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes between postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor, Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture, Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across the system and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture.
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11. A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising
Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor, Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes within postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor, Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture, Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across applications and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture.
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16. A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising
Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor, Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes within postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor, Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture, Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across the system and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture.
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