GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES

• US 20080211783A1
• Filed: 05/09/2008
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran, Ive, Jonathan P., Christie, Greg, Ording, Bas, Kerr, Duncan Robert, Hotelling, Steve, Strickon, Joshua A., Huppi, Brian O.
• Application Number:
  US12/118,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20080211783A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• 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 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for initiating zooming targets via a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying an image on a GU;

enlarging the image for a period of time when the presence of an object is detected over the image.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the image is a user interface element.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the user interface element is a control box containing one or more control buttons, and wherein said enlarging includes enlarging the control box and each of the control buttons.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the size of the control buttons correspond to the size of the object or larger so that the control buttons can be easily selected by the object.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 further comprising:

in the enlarged state, generating a control signal associated with the control button when the presence of the object is detected over one of the control buttons.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the object is a finger.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

implementing a gesture input when the presence of one or more objects are detected over portions of the GUI other than the image.