Input Pointer Delay and Zoom Logic

• US 20130176344A1
• Filed: 01/31/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Mandic, Mirko, Ens, Michael J., Rogers, Justin E., Rakow, Matthew A., Kim, Jane T., Roberts, Sandra G., Rossi, Jacob S., Prakash, Siddhartha
• Granted Patent: US 8,823,750 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/661
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Various embodiments enable repetitive gestures, such as multiple serial gestures, to be implemented efficiently so as to enhance the user experience. Other embodiments provide various approaches to zoom operations that consider a particular element'"'"'s contextual surroundings in making a zoom decision that is designed to enhance the user experience and provide efficiently-zoomed content given a device'"'"'s or rendering container'"'"'s form factor.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying an object on which to zoom;

calculating zoom ratios for an identified object and at least one other object in a display chain associated with the identified object and said at least one other object;

identifying a zoom object based, at least in part, on said zoom ratios, said zoom object including said identified object and said at least one other object in the display chain;

computing a zoom ratio of the zoom object; and

causing zooming of the zoom object using the zoom object'"'"'s zoom ratio.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifying comprises identifying the object on which to zoom via touch gesture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifying comprises identifying the object on which to zoom via an input other than a touch gesture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifying comprises identifying the object on which to zoom via a double tap gesture.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising after calculating zoom ratios for an identified object and at least one other object, categorizing objects within one of a plurality of categories, wherein if there is more than one object within a category, ranking the objects within the category.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after calculating zoom ratios for an identified object and at least one other object, categorizing objects within one of a plurality of categories, and wherein if there is more than one object within a category, ranking the objects within the category; and

wherein if more than one object is ranked within a same category, identifying a zoom object comprises selecting a best object based on the ranking of the objects within the same category.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising after calculating zoom ratios for an identified object and at least one other object, categorizing objects within one of a plurality of categories, wherein if there is more than one object within a category, ranking the objects within the category wherein said identifying a zoom object comprises selecting a best object based on the ranking of the objects from a category with a highest priority.

8. One or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising:

identifying an object on which to zoom;

calculating zoom ratios for an identified object and other objects in a display chain associated with the identified object and the other objects;

categorizing the identified object and the other objects within a respective priority category of a plurality of categories;

for any priority category that has more than one object, identifying a best object based on a ranking of the more than one object within the priority category;

identifying a best object overall from among the priority categories;

computing a zoom ratio of the best object; and

causing zooming of the identified best object using the computed zoom ratio.

9. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the best object comprises the identified object and at least one other object.

10. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the best object comprises a plurality of objects that are less than the total number of objects in the display chain.

11. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein said computer-readable instructions are embodied by a web browser.

12. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein said computer-readable instructions are embodied in a software module other than a web browser.

13. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein said identifying comprises identifying the object on which to zoom via touch gesture.

14. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein said identifying comprises identifying the object on which to zoom via an input other than a touch gesture.

15. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein said identifying comprises identifying the object on which to zoom via a double tap gesture.

16. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein said plurality of categories are defined by object width ratios and object height ratios.

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