MULTI-SCREEN PINCH-TO-POCKET GESTURE

• US 20110209101A1
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji
• Application Number:
  US12/713,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20110209101A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Embodiments of a multi-screen pinch-to-pocket gesture are described. In various embodiments, a first motion input to a first screen region is recognized at a first screen of a multi-screen system, and the first motion input is recognized to select a displayed object. A second motion input to a second screen region is recognized at a second screen of the multi-screen system, and the second motion input is recognized to select the displayed object. A pinch-to-pocket gesture can then be determined from the recognized first and second motion inputs within the respective first and second screen regions, the pinch-to-pocket gesture effective to pocket the displayed object.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

recognizing a first motion input to a first screen region at a first screen of a multi-screen system, the first motion input being recognized to select a displayed object;

recognizing a second motion input to a second screen region at a second screen of the multi-screen system, the second motion input being recognized to select the displayed object;

determining a pinch-to-pocket gesture from the recognized first and second motion inputs within the respective first and second screen regions, the pinch-to-pocket gesture effective to pocket the displayed object.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the pinch-to-pocket gesture is identified as a cross-screen combination of the first and second motion inputs effective to condense the displayed object within the first and second screen regions and pocket the displayed object proximate a bezel of the multi-screen system that separates the first and second screens.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the displayed object is saved as a thumbnail image when the displayed object is pocketed.

4. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the thumbnail image is a selectable link to the displayed object when the displayed object is pocketed.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the displayed object is saved to a visual clip-board when the displayed object is pocketed.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising determining the pinch-to-pocket gesture from the first and second motion inputs that decrease a distance between a first input to the displayed object on the first screen and a second input to the displayed object on the second screen.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising recognizing a select input as a tap gesture on the displayed object that is pocketed, the tap gesture effective to expand the displayed object for display on the first and second screens.

8. A multi-screen system, comprising:

at least a memory and a processor to implement a gesture module configured to determine a pinch-to-pocket gesture from recognized motion inputs, the pinch-to-pocket gesture effective to pocket a displayed object;

an input recognition system configured to;

recognize a first motion input to a first screen region at a first screen, the first motion input recognized when the displayed object is selected; and

recognize a second motion input to a second screen region at a second screen, the second motion input recognized when the displayed object is selected.

9. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the gesture module is further configured to identify the pinch-to-pocket gesture as a cross-screen combination of the first and second motion inputs effective to condense the displayed object within the first and second screen regions and pocket the displayed object proximate a bezel that separates the first and second screens.

10. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the displayed object is saved as a thumbnail image when the displayed object is pocketed.

11. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 10, wherein the thumbnail image is a selectable link to the displayed object when the displayed object is pocketed.

12. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the displayed object is saved to a visual clip-board when the displayed object is pocketed.

13. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the gesture module is further configured to determine the pinch-to-pocket gesture from the first and second motion inputs that decrease a distance between a first input to the displayed object on the first screen and a second input to the displayed object on the second screen.

14. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 8, wherein the input recognition system is further configured to recognize a select input as a tap gesture on the displayed object that is pocketed, the tap gesture effective to expand the displayed object for display on the first and second screens.

15. Computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the instructions, a multi-screen system is initiated to:

recognize a first motion input to a first screen region at a first screen of the multi-screen system, the first motion input recognized to select a displayed object;

recognize a second motion input to a second screen region at a second screen of the multi-screen system, the second motion input recognized to select the displayed object; and

determine a pinch-to-pocket gesture from the recognized first and second motion inputs within the respective first and second screen regions, the pinch-to-pocket gesture effective to pocket the displayed object.

16. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to identify the pinch-to-pocket gesture as a cross-screen combination of the first and second motion inputs effective to condense the displayed object within the first and second screen regions and pocket the displayed object proximate a bezel of the multi-screen system that separates the first and second screens.

17. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to save the displayed object as a thumbnail image when the displayed object is pocketed.

18. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to save the displayed object to a visual clip-board when the displayed object is pocketed.

19. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to determine the pinch-to-pocket gesture from the first and second motion inputs that decrease a distance between a first input to the displayed object on the first screen and a second input to the displayed object on the second screen.

20. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 15, further comprising additional instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to detect a select input as a tap gesture on the displayed object that is pocketed, the tap gesture effective to expand the displayed object for display on the first and second screens.