Methods, systems and apparatus for setting a digital-marking-device characteristic

• US 9,448,684 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2012
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Runde, Neil, Ferlitsch, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zheng, Xuemei
• Application Number:
  US13/623,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20140085209A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,460 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/173, 345/179
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention are related to systems, methods and apparatus for setting a drawing characteristic of a digital marking device. According to a first aspect of the present invention, detection of a touch gesture simultaneous to engagement of a digital marking device with a digital mark surface may effectuate a drawing-context interpretation of the touch gesture. A characteristic of the digital marking device may be set according to the drawing-context interpretation of the touch gesture.

Claims

1. A method for setting a characteristic associated with a digital marking device, said method comprising:

detecting a digital-marking-device engagement of said digital marking device with a digital marking surface;

displaying, on said digital marking surface, a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator forming a perimeter of a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone;

detecting a first touch gesture while said digital marking device remains engaged with said digital marking surface, wherein said first touch gesture is detected within said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone, and said digital-marking-device engagement and said first touch gesture are separate events;

interpreting said first touch gesture according to a drawing context;

modifying a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone indicator in response to detecting said first touch gesture;

setting said characteristic associated with said digital marking device according to said interpretation of said first touch gesture; and

applying said characteristic to a first digital mark on said digital marking surface, wherein said applying effectuates a change in a display characteristic, of said first digital mark, in accordance with said interpretation of said first touch gesture.

2. A method for setting a characteristic associated with a digital marking device, said method comprising:

detecting a digital-marking-device engagement of said digit marking device with a digital marking surface;

displaying, on said digital marking surface, a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator, wherein said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator indicates the perimeter of said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone, wherein said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone is a closed polygon region encompassing a set of digital marks and the digital-marking-device engagement point;

detecting a first touch gesture while said digital marking device remains engaged with said digital marking surface, wherein said first touch gesture is detected within a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone associated with said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator and said digital-marking-device engagement and said first touch gesture are separate events;

interpreting said first touch gesture according to a drawing context; and

setting said characteristic associated with said digital marking device according to said interpretation of said first touch gesture.

3. A method for setting a characteristic associated with a digital marking device, said method comprising:

detecting a digital-marking-device engagement of said digital marking device with a digital marking surface;

displaying, on said digital marking surface, a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator forming a perimeter of a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone;

detecting a first touch contact, wherein said first touch contact is within said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone;

modifying a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator in response to said detecting said first touch contact;

detecting a first touch gesture while said digital marking device remains engaged with said digital marking surface, Wherein said first touch gesture is detected within said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone, and said digital-marking-device engagement and said first touch gesture are separate events;

interpreting said first touch gesture according to a drawing context;

setting said characteristic associated with said d ital marking device according to said interpretation of said first touch gesture; and

applying said characteristic to a first digital mark on said marking surface, wherein said applying effectuates a change in a display characteristic, of said first digital mark, in accordance with said interpretation of said first touch gesture.

4. The method as described in claim 3 further comprising modifying said modified drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone indicator in response to detecting said first touch gesture.

5. A method for setting a characteristic associated with a digital marking device, said method comprising:

detecting a digital-marking-device engagement of said digital marking device with a digital marking surface;

displaying, on said digital marking surface, a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator forming a perimeter of a drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone;

detecting a first touch contact while said digital marking device remains engaged with said digital marking surface;

when said first touch contact is located within said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone, modifying said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator;

detecting a first touch gesture while said digital marking device remains engaged with said digital marking surface, wherein and said digital-marking-device engagement and said first touch gesture are separate events;

when said first touch gesture is located within said drawing-context touch-gesture proximity zone;

modifying said modified drawing-context touch-gesture proximity-zone indicator;

determining if said first touch gesture is a valid drawing-context touch gesture;

when said first touch gesture is a valid drawing-context touch gesture, interpreting said first touch gesture according to a drawing context;

setting said characteristic associated with said digital marking device according to said interpretation of said first touch gesture; and

applying said characteristic to a first digital mark on said digital marking surface,

wherein said applying effectuates a change in a display characteristic, of said first digital mark, in accordance with said interpretation of said first touch gesture.