Touch gesture indicating a scroll on a touch-sensitive display in a single direction
First Claim
1. A method of operating a device having a touch-sensitive display, comprising:
- displaying scrollable information elements on the touch-sensitive display;
detecting a touch gesture from an input device on the touch-sensitive display and a speed associated with the touch gesture;
classifying the touch gesture as a flick gesture, wherein the touch gesture is classified as a flick gesture in the classifying step if the touch gesture exceeds a first minimum speed, wherein;
if the flick gesture satisfies at least a first criterion reflecting a user intent to scroll the information elements in a single direction along a first of a pair of cardinal axes, locking a direction in which the information elements are scrolled along the single direction; and
if the flick gesture satisfies the first criterion, undoing any displacement of the information elements which has occurred along a second of the cardinal axes orthogonal to the first cardinal axis as a result of classifying the touch gesture as a flick gesture,wherein if the flick gesture does not satisfy the first criterion, determining if the flick gesture satisfies at least a second criterion further indicating that the user intent is to scroll the information elements in a single direction,wherein the second criterion is a second minimum speed that the flick gesture is to exceed, the second minimum speed greater than the first minimum speed.
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Abstract
A method of operating a device having a touch-sensitive display includes displaying scrollable information elements on the touch-sensitive display and detecting a touch gesture from an input device on the touch-sensitive display. The touch gesture is classified as a flick gesture. If the flick gesture satisfies at least a first criterion reflecting a user intent to scroll the information elements in a single direction along a first of a pair of cardinal axes, the direction in which the information elements is scrolled is locked along the single direction. If the flick gesture satisfies the first criterion, any displacement of the information elements which has occurred along a second of the cardinal axes orthogonal to the first cardinal axis as a result of classifying the touch gesture as a flick gesture is undone.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of operating a device having a touch-sensitive display, comprising:
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displaying scrollable information elements on the touch-sensitive display; detecting a touch gesture from an input device on the touch-sensitive display and a speed associated with the touch gesture; classifying the touch gesture as a flick gesture, wherein the touch gesture is classified as a flick gesture in the classifying step if the touch gesture exceeds a first minimum speed, wherein; if the flick gesture satisfies at least a first criterion reflecting a user intent to scroll the information elements in a single direction along a first of a pair of cardinal axes, locking a direction in which the information elements are scrolled along the single direction; and if the flick gesture satisfies the first criterion, undoing any displacement of the information elements which has occurred along a second of the cardinal axes orthogonal to the first cardinal axis as a result of classifying the touch gesture as a flick gesture, wherein if the flick gesture does not satisfy the first criterion, determining if the flick gesture satisfies at least a second criterion further indicating that the user intent is to scroll the information elements in a single direction, wherein the second criterion is a second minimum speed that the flick gesture is to exceed, the second minimum speed greater than the first minimum speed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. One or more computer-readable storage media, not comprising a propagated signal, storing instructions executable by a computing system, to perform a method for determining if a touch gesture on a touch-sensitive display is intended to cause content to scroll, the method comprising the steps of:
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categorizing a touch gesture as a flick gesture if it satisfies at least a first criterion; determining if the flick gesture satisfies a locking threshold in which the flick gesture remains within a threshold area on the display for a minimum travel distance and, if the locking threshold is satisfied, locking the flick gesture so that it causes content presented on the display to be scrolled in a single dimension; and if the flick gesture fails to satisfy the locking threshold, confirming that the flick gesture is intended to scroll in a single direction if it satisfies at least a second criterion greater than the first criterion. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computing device, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display configured to display a scrollable informational elements on the touch-sensitive display; a gesture response mechanism configured to detect a first touch gesture over the scrollable informational elements on the touch-sensitive display; a processing unit and memory operable to; classify the touch gesture as a flick gesture; if the flick gesture satisfies at least a first criterion reflecting a user intent to scroll the informational elements in a single direction along a first of a pair of axes, lock a direction in which the information elements are scrolled along the single direction and undo any displacement of the information elements which has occurred along a second of the axes orthogonal to the first axis as a result of classifying the touch gesture as a flick gesture, and if the flick gesture does not satisfy the first criterion, determine if the flick gesture satisfies at least a second criterion further indicating that the user intent is to scroll the information elements in a single direction, wherein the second criterion is a minimum speed that the flick gesture is to exceed. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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Specification