METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR USER CONTROL OF A STATE OF AN APPARATUS

• US 20140033141A1
• Filed: 04/12/2012
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Samuels, John
• Granted Patent: US 11,112,872 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method comprising: performing user input detection using at least a first detector; detecting using at least the first detector a predefined first phase of a predefined user gesture; detecting using at least a second detector a predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture; and responsive to detecting both the predefined first phase and the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture, switching between operating in a two-dimensional user interface state and operating in a three-dimensional user interface state.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

performing user input detection using at least a first detector;

detecting using at least the first detector a predefined first phase of a predefined user gesture;

detecting using at least a second detector a predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture; and

responsive to detecting both the predefined first phase and the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture, switching between operating in a two-dimensional user interface state and operating in a three-dimensional user interface state.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising stopping detecting the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture after a timeout period without detecting the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising stopping detecting the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture after detecting using at least the first detector a user gesture subsequent to the predefined first phase of a predefined user gesture that is not part of the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first detector is a touch sensitive display configured to detect touch on a two-dimensional surface of a display.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second detector is selected from the group comprising:

a device configured to measure user movement at least in a direction perpendicular to the two-dimensional surface;

a camera;

a proximity detector;

a device comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a frequency shift detector.

12. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture comprises movement substantially in a first plane and wherein the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture comprises movement substantially outside of the first plane.

13. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture comprises movement of at least one point of contact on a touch sensitive device.

14. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture comprises a plurality of simultaneous points of contact on a touch sensitive device.

15. A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture comprises relative movement of the plurality of simultaneous points of contact on the touch sensitive device.

16. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture comprises a pinch gesture on a touch sensitive device.

17. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture is user programmable.

20. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture is user programmable.

22. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein performing user input detection using at least a first detector but not using a second detector comprises performing user input detection using the first detector and an additional detector but not using a second detector;

wherein detecting using at least the first detector the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture, comprises detecting using the first detector and the additional detector the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture; and

wherein performing user input detection using at least the second detector is responsive to detecting, using the first detector and the second detector, the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture.

23. A method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the additional detector detects movement in an additional dimension to movement detected by the first detector.

24. A method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the second detector detects movement at least in the additional dimension to movement detected by the first detector but more accurately than the additional detector.

25. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

operating in the three-dimensional user interface state;

performing user input detection using at least the second detector;

detecting using at least the second detector a predefined initial phase of an additional predefined user gesture

detecting using at least the first detector a predefined final phase of the additional predefined user gesture; and

responsive to detecting using at least the first detector the predefined final phase of the additional predefined user gesture, switching from operating in the three-dimensional user interface state to operating in the two-dimensional user interface state.

26. A method as claimed in claim 25, further comprising:

responsive to detecting using at least the first detector the predefined first phase of the predefined user gesture, starting user input detection using at least the second detector.

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27. A method comprising:

enabling a first user gesture detector;

enabling a second user gesture detector; and

switching between operating in a two-dimensional user interface state and operating in a three-dimensional user interface state only after the first detector has detected a predefined first phase of a predefined user gesture and the second detector has detected the predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture.

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31. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to enable;

performing user input detection using at least a first detector;

detecting using at least the first detector a predefined first phase of a predefined user gesture;

detecting using at least a second detector a predefined second phase of the predefined user gesture; and

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