GESTURE OPERATION INPUT SYSTEM

• US 20100100854A1
• Filed: 10/16/2008
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Stedman, Roy, Russell, Deborah C., Lawrence, Bradley Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/252,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20100100854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• 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: 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

A gesture operation input system includes one or more subsystems to receive an input indicating a modifier input, receive a gesture input, wherein the gesture input indicates an action to be performed, and receive an indication that the modifier input is no longer being received. After receiving the gesture input, the gesture operation input system then determines the action to be performed using the gesture input and performs the action.

Claims

1. A gesture operation input system comprising one or more subsystems to:

receive an input indicating a modifier input;

receive a gesture input, wherein the gesture input indicates an action to be performed;

receive an indication that the modifier input is no longer being received;

determine the action to be performed using the gesture input; and

perform the action.

2. The gesture operation input system of claim 1, further comprising displaying the gesture input for a user to see what gesture input is received.

3. The gesture operation input system of claim 1, wherein the input indicating a modifier input is received using a keyboard or a touch screen display device.

4. The gesture operation input system of claim 1, wherein the gesture input is received using a touch screen display device.

5. The gesture operation input system of claim 1, wherein the gesture input is received using a touch pad.

6. The gesture operation input system of claim 1, wherein the input indicating a modifier input is to be engaged while the gesture input is received.

7. The gesture operation input system of claim 1, wherein the gesture input that indicates an action to be performed is a standard alphabetic character.

8. An information handling system (IHS) comprising:

a processor;

a modifier input device;

a gesture input device; and

a gesture operation input system comprising one or more subsystems to;

receive an input via the modifier input device indicating a modifier input;

receive a gesture input via the gesture input device, wherein the gesture input indicates an action to be performed;

receive an indication that the modifier input is no longer being received;

determine the action to be performed using the processor and the gesture input; and

perform the action.

9. The IHS of claim 8, further comprising displaying the gesture input for a user to see what gesture input is received.

10. The IHS of claim 8, wherein the input indicating a modifier input is received using a keyboard or a touch screen display device.

11. The IHS of claim 8, wherein the gesture input is received using a touch screen display device.

12. The IHS of claim 8, wherein the gesture input is received using a touch pad.

13. The IHS of claim 8, wherein the input indicating a modifier input is to be engaged while the gesture input is received.

14. The IHS of claim 8, wherein the gesture input that indicates an action to be performed is a standard alphabetic character.

15. A method to operate a gesture input system comprising:

receiving an input indicating a modifier input;

receiving a gesture input, wherein the gesture input indicates an action to be performed;

receiving an indication that the modifier input is no longer being received;

determining the action to be performed using the gesture input; and

performing the action.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying the gesture input for a user to see what gesture input is received.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the input indicating a modifier input is received using a keyboard or a touch screen display device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the gesture input is received using a touch screen display device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the gesture input is received using a touch pad.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the input indicating a modifier input is to be engaged while the gesture input is received and wherein the gesture input that indicates an action to be performed is a standard alphabetic character.