METHOD FOR PROCESSING A COMPOUND GESTURE, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE AND USER TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A method for processing a compound gesture, made by a user using a pointing tool on a sensitive pad for a piece of terminal equipment, said equipment moreover having a screen that is capable of reproducing a graphical representation of at least part of an ordered sequence of selectable graphical elements and a module for processing an interaction with the sensitive pad that is capable of interpreting said interaction according to a mode of interaction belonging to a group comprising at least one relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction and an absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, wherein said method comprises a selection step that is implemented during execution of the gesture by the user, said selection step comprising the following substeps:
- on detection by the equipment of static pointing to a spatial position on the sensitive pad during a predetermined period of time, toggling the mode of interaction to the absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, and, when said pointing position is situated at a distance below a predetermined threshold from a graphical element displayed on the screen,selection of said graphical element,then toggling the mode of interaction to the relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction, without the pointing tool being raised.
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Abstract
A method for processing a compound gesture, made by a user using a pointing tool on a sensitive pad of a terminal. The terminal has a screen for reproducing a graphical representation of a sequence of selectable graphical elements and a module for processing and interpreting an interaction with the sensitive pad according to a mode selected from a default, relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction and an absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction. During execution of the gesture by the user, on detection of static pointing to a spatial position on the sensitive pad during a predetermined period of time, the module toggles to the absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction. When the pointing position is situated a distance below a threshold from a graphical element displayed on the screen, the module selects the graphical element, without the pointing tool being raised, then toggles to the relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for processing a compound gesture, made by a user using a pointing tool on a sensitive pad for a piece of terminal equipment, said equipment moreover having a screen that is capable of reproducing a graphical representation of at least part of an ordered sequence of selectable graphical elements and a module for processing an interaction with the sensitive pad that is capable of interpreting said interaction according to a mode of interaction belonging to a group comprising at least one relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction and an absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, wherein said method comprises a selection step that is implemented during execution of the gesture by the user, said selection step comprising the following substeps:
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on detection by the equipment of static pointing to a spatial position on the sensitive pad during a predetermined period of time, toggling the mode of interaction to the absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, and, when said pointing position is situated at a distance below a predetermined threshold from a graphical element displayed on the screen, selection of said graphical element, then toggling the mode of interaction to the relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction, without the pointing tool being raised. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device for processing a compound gesture, made by a user using a pointing tool on a sensitive pad for a piece of terminal equipment, said equipment moreover having a screen that is capable of reproducing a graphical representation of at least part of an ordered sequence of selectable graphical elements and a module configured for processing an interaction with the sensitive pad that is capable of interpreting said interaction according to a mode of interaction belonging to a group comprising at least one relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction, and an absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, wherein said device comprises:
a selection unit, implemented during the execution of the gesture by the user and configured to, on detection of static pointing to a spatial position on the sensitive pad during a predetermined period of time, toggle the mode of interaction to the absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, and when said pointing position is situated at a distance below a predetermined threshold from a graphical element displayed on the screen, select said graphical element, then toggle the mode of interaction to the relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction, without the pointing tool being raised.
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10. Terminal equipment of a user, comprising:
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a sensitive pad; a reproduction screen configured to reproduce a graphical representation of at least part of an ordered sequence of selectable graphical elements; and a device a device configured to process a compound gesture by the user on said pad using a pointing tool, wherein the device is configured to interpret said interaction according to a mode of interaction belonging to a group comprising at least one relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction, and an absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, and wherein said device comprises; a selection unit, implemented during the execution of the gesture by the user and configured to, on detection of static pointing to a spatial position on the sensitive pad during a predetermined period of time, toggle the mode of interaction to the absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, and when said pointing position is situated at a distance below a predetermined threshold from a graphical element displayed on the screen, select said graphical element, then toggle the mode of interaction to the relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction, without the pointing tool being raised.
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11. (canceled)
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12. A non-transitory recording medium that can be read by a processor, on which a computer program is recorded, the program comprising instructions that when executed by a processor configure the processor to execute a method of processing a compound gesture, made by a user using a pointing tool on a sensitive pad for a piece of terminal equipment, said equipment moreover having a screen that is capable of reproducing a graphical representation of at least part of an ordered sequence of selectable graphical elements and a module for processing an interaction with the sensitive pad that is capable of interpreting said interaction according to a mode of interaction belonging to a group comprising at least one relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction and an absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, wherein said method comprises a selection step that is implemented during execution of the gesture by the user, said selection step comprising the following substeps:
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on detection by the equipment of static pointing to a spatial position on the sensitive pad during a predetermined period of time, toggling the mode of interaction to the absolute-positioning mode of graphical interaction, and, when said pointing position is situated at a distance below a predetermined threshold from a graphical element displayed on the screen, selection of said graphical element, then toggling the mode of interaction to the relative-positioning mode of sequential interaction, without the pointing tool being raised.
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Specification