Systems and methods of editing a polygonal-shaped chemical structure having a set number of vertices

• US 10,424,399 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Integrated Chemistry Design, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Integrated Chemistry Design, Inc.
• Inventors: Clark, John David, Johnson, Mary Catherine, Kuki, Atsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burwell, Joseph R
• Application Number:
  US15/680,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20170351846A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G16C 20/80 Data visualisation

Abstract

A device comprising a display, a user interface configured to receive gesture input, and a processor is provided. The device is configured to electronically detect, with the user interface, at least one gesture input from the user in an approximately circular motion that traces a substantially closed curve without corners about a point on the user interface. The device is configured to display, on a portion of the display, a polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol representing a polygonal ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting, the polygonal ring having a set number of vertices representing a set number of carbon atoms. A non-transient computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that cause a device comprising a display, a user interface configured to receive gesture input, and a processor to perform a method is also provided.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a display;

a user interface configured to receive gesture input; and

a processor wherein the device is configured to;

electronically detect, with the user interface, at least one gesture input from the user in an approximately circular motion that traces a substantially closed curve without corners about a point on the user interface; and

display, on a portion of the display, a polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol representing a polygonal ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting, the polygonal ring having a set number of vertices representing a set number of carbon atoms.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to display a chemical structure symbol representing a saturated ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the chemical structure symbol is a regular polygon.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the device is configured to display a number wheel with a particular number displayed thereon, and wherein the displayed regular polygon has the particular number of vertexes.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol represents cyclohexane.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to electronically detect two fingertips simultaneously in contact with the user interface and moving in an approximately circular motion.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the device is configured to display a chemical structure symbol representing an unsaturated ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the chemical structure symbol is a regular polygon with line segments or a circle on the interior thereof.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol represents benzene.

10. A non-transient computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that cause a device comprising a display, a user interface configured to receive gesture input, and a processor to perform a method comprising the acts of:

electronically detecting, with the user interface, at least one gesture input from the user in an approximately circular motion that traces a substantially closed curve without corners about a point on the user interface; and

displaying, on the display, a polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol representing a polygonal ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting, the polygonal ring having a set number of vertices representing a pre-selected number of carbon atoms.

11. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the displaying comprises displaying a chemical structure symbol representing a saturated ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting.

12. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the chemical structure symbol is a regular polygon.

13. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises displaying a number wheel with a particular number displayed thereon, and wherein the regular polygon has the particular number of vertexes.

14. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol represents cyclohexane.

15. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the detecting comprises detecting two fingertips simultaneously in contact with the user interface and moving in an approximately circular motion.

16. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the displaying comprises displaying a chemical structure symbol representing an unsaturated ring of carbon atoms in response to the detecting.

17. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the chemical structure symbol is a regular polygon with line segments or a circle on the interior thereof.

18. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the polygonal shaped chemical structure symbol represents benzene.