GESTURE CONTROLLED SCREEN REPOSITIONING FOR ONE OR MORE DISPLAYS

• US 20120084736A1
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Flextronics ID LLC
• Inventors: Sirpal, Sanjiv
• Application Number:
  US12/948,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084736A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• 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 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display

Abstract

Control of a computing device using gesture inputs. The computing device may be a handheld computing device with a plurality of displays. The displays may be capable of displaying a graphical user interface (GUI). The plurality of displays may be modified in response to receipt of a gesture input such that the displays are changed from a first state to a second state. The change of the displays from the first state to the second state may include moving a GUI from a first display to a second display. Additionally, a second GUI may be moved from the second display to the first display. The gesture input may comprise multiple touches, such as a pinch gesture.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a plurality of displays of a handheld computing device, comprising:

displaying a first screen in a first display of the plurality of displays when in a first display state;

receiving a first gesture input at said handheld computing device and a second gesture input at said handled computing device, wherein at least a portion of the first gesture input occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second gesture input;

modifying the plurality of displays in response to the receiving step from the first display state to a second display state such that the first screen is displayed in a second display of the plurality of displays when in the second display state.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first gesture input is a drag gesture in a first direction.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the second gesture input is a drag gesture in a second direction, and wherein said first direction and said second direction are opposite.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first gesture input and second gesture input is received at a touch sensitive device.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein said touch sensitive device is an off display touch sensitive device.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a second screen is displayed in the second display when in the first display state and the first display when in the second display state.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the first screen is associated with a first application executing on the handheld computing device and the second screen is associated with a second application executing on the handheld computing device.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein at least one of the first and second applications is a single screen application.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein at least one of the first and second applications is a multi screen application executing in a single screen mode.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a first desktop screen is displayed in the second display in the first display state and a second desktop screen is displayed in the first display in the second display state.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first gesture input is a touch input received at a first touch sensitive portion of said handheld computing device and the second gesture input is a touch input received at a second touch sensitive portion of said handled computing device.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein said first touch sensitive portion is associated with the first display to comprise a first touch screen display, and wherein said second touch sensitive portion is associated with a second touch sensitive display to comprise a second touch sensitive display.

13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein said first touch sensitive portion is disposed apart from said first display, and wherein said second touch sensitive portion is disposed apart from said second display.

14. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of displays comprise separate portions of a single display, wherein the first display corresponds with a first portion of the single display and the second display corresponds with a second portion of the single display.

15. A handheld computing device, comprising:

a processor;

a first display in operative communication with the processor and operable to display a first screen in a first display state;

a second display in operative communication with the processor;

a first gesture sensor in operative communication with the processor and operable to receive a first gesture input;

a second gesture sensor in operative communication with the processor and operable to receive a second gesture input;

wherein the processor, upon receipt of the first and second touch gesture inputs, changes the first and second displays to a second display state such that the first screen is displayed on the second display in the second display state.

16. The device as recited in claim 15, wherein a second screen is displayed on the second display in the first display state and the second screen is displayed on first display in the second display state.

17. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the first gesture sensor is first touch sensor during and the first display and the first touch sensitive device comprise a first touch screen display, and wherein the second gesture sensor is a second touch sensitive device, and the second display and the second touch sensitive device comprise a second touch screen display.

18. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein the handheld device is a smart phone.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the first display and second display are positionable with respect to each other between an open and a closed position.

20. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein when in the open position, the first display and the second display are both visible from the vantage point of a user.

21. The method as recited in claim 20, wherein when in the closed position only one of the first display and the second display are visible from the vantage point of a user.

22. A method for controlling a plurality of displays of a handheld computing device, comprising:

displaying a first screen in a first display and a second screen in a second display, when the plurality of displays are in a first display state;

receiving a first gesture input at said handheld computing device and a second gesture input at said handheld computing device, wherein at least a portion of the first gesture input occurs simultaneously with at least a portion of the second gesture input;

modifying the plurality of displays from the first state to a second display state in response to the receiving step; and

wherein the first screen is displayed in the second display and the second screen is displayed in the first display when the plurality of displays are in the second display state.