Gestured movement of object to display edge

• US 7,979,809 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2007
• Issued: 07/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Sunday, Derek E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sax; Steven P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Johnson; Grant D
• Application Number:
  US11/747,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20080282202A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,523 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/173, 345/179, 345/180, 715/764, 715/766, 715/775, 715/798, 715/863, 382/118, 382/173
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• 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

Abstract

The use of gestures to organize displayed objects on an interactive display. The gesture is used to move the displayed object to the edge of the interactive display so that the displayed object is only partially displayed after being moved. The size of the displayed object may be reduced and/or the displayed object may be rotated such that an identified portion of the displayed object remains in the display after moving. A gesture may also be used to move multiple displayed objects to the edge of the display.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising one or more physical computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform the following upon detecting that a flick gesture has been made on an interactive display associated with the computing system:

in response to detection of the flick gesture, an act of identifying a portion of a displayed object to keep in display, the identified portion being less than the whole object;

an act of moving the displayed object to the edge of the interactive display including rotating the displayed object so that only the identified portion of the displayed object is displayed at the edge of the interactive display after being moved as if the displayed object were extending past the edge of the interactive display;

in response to detection of the flick gesture, an act of changing a size of the portion of the displayed object such that at least after the displayed object is moved, the portion of the displayed object has changed size as compared to the size of the displayed object before the displayed object is moved;

upon detecting a second gesture that has been made on the interactive display, an act of determining that the second gesture is associated with the moved displayed object;

an act of dragging the displayed object further into view including rotating and resizing the displayed object towards the direction of its original rotation and size as existed before the displayed object was moved to the edge of the interactive display;

at the end of the act of dragging, an act of determining whether the displayed object has been dragged to a threshold position on the interactive display;

if the displayed object has been dragged at least to the threshold position, an act of positioning the displayed object at the location of the end of the act of dragging; and

if the displayed object has not been dragged at least to the threshold position, an act of snapping the displayed object back to the edge of the interactive display.

2. A computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the displayed object is moved to the edge in a direction that approximates a direction of the flick gesture.

3. A computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further structured such that, when executed by the one or more processors, the computing system is further caused to perform the following upon detecting that a flick gesture has been made on an interactive display associated with the computing system:

an act of detecting that the flick gesture satisfies a set of one or more predetermined criteria.

4. A computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the flick gesture is a first flick gesture, and wherein the computer-executable instructions are further structured such that, when executed by the one or more processors, the computing system is further caused to perform the following upon detecting a second flick gesture that is made on the interactive display:

in response to detection of the second flick gesture, an act of moving a second displayed object to the edge of the interactive display so that only a portion of the second displayed object is displayed at the edge of the interactive display after being moved as if the second displayed object were extending past the edge of the interactive display; and

in response to detection of the second flick gesture, an act of changing a size of the portion of the second displayed object such that at least after the second displayed object is moved, the portion of the second displayed object has changed size as compared to the size of the second displayed object before the second displayed object is moved.

5. A computer program product in accordance with claim 4, wherein the first flick gesture and the second flick gesture are received by the interactive display at the same time.

6. The computer program product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the portion of the displayed object is identified using one of:

facial recognition technology that detects the portion of the displayed object that includes a face;

object detection that detects the portion of the displayed object that includes an object;

or

color contrasting that detects the portion of the displayed object that includes one or more colors.

7. A computer program product comprising one or more physical computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform the following:

in response to detection of a flick gesture on an interactive display displaying a displayed object, an act of identifying a portion of the displayed object to keep in display, the identified portion being less than the whole object, wherein the portion is identified using facial recognition technology that detects the portion of the displayed object that includes a face;

an act of rotating and moving the displayed object to the edge of the interactive display so that only the identified portion of the displayed object is displayed at the edge of the interactive display after being moved as if the displayed object were extending past the edge of the interactive display;

upon detecting a second gesture that has been made on the interactive display, an act of determining that the second gesture is associated with the moved displayed object; and

an act of dragging the displayed object further into view including rotating and resizing the displayed object towards the direction of its original rotation and size as existed before the displayed object was moved to the edge of the interactive display;

at the end of the act of dragging, an act of determining whether the displayed object has been dragged to a threshold position on the interactive display;

if the displayed object has been dragged at least to the threshold position, an act of positioning the displayed object at the location of the end of the act of dragging; and

if the displayed object has not been dragged at least to the threshold position, an act of snapping the displayed object back to the edge of the interactive display.

8. The computer program product in accordance with claim 7, wherein the flick gesture is a first flick gesture, and wherein the computer-executable instructions are further structured such that, when executed by the one or more processors, the computing system is further caused to perform the following upon detecting a second flick gesture that is made on the interactive display:

in response to detection of the second flick gesture, an act of moving a second displayed object to the edge of the interactive display so that only a portion of the second displayed object is displayed at the edge of the interactive display after being moved as if the second displayed object were extending past the edge of the interactive display; and

in response to detection of the second flick gesture, an act of changing a size of the portion of the second displayed object such that at least after the second displayed object is moved, the portion of the second displayed object has changed size as compared to the size of the second displayed object before the second displayed object is moved.

9. A computer program product in accordance with claim 7, wherein the displayed object is moved to the edge in a direction that approximates a direction of the flick gesture.

10. The computer program product in accordance with claim 7, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further structured such that, when executed by the one or more processors, the computing system is further caused to perform the following upon detecting a wave gesture that is made on the interactive display:

in response to detection of the wave gesture, an act of moving a plurality of displayed objects to positions at the edge of the interactive display so that a portion of each of at least some of the plurality of displayed objects is displayed at the edge of the interactive display after being moved as if each of the at least some of the plurality of displayed objects were extending past the edge of the interactive display.

11. A computer program product comprising one or more physical computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform the following upon detecting that a gesture has been made on an interactive display associated with the computing system:

in response to detection of the gesture, an act of identifying a portion of each of at least some of a plurality of displayed objects to keep in display, the identified portion being less than the whole of each of the at least some of the plurality of displayed objects;

an act of moving the plurality of displayed objects to positions at the edge of the interactive display and rotating the at least some of the plurality of displayed objects so that only the identified portion of each of at least some of the plurality of displayed objects is displayed at the edge of the interactive display after being moved as if each of the at least some of the plurality of displayed objects were extending past the edge of the interactive display;

upon detecting a second gesture that has been made on the interactive display, an act of determining that the second gesture is associated with a first moved displayed object; and

an act of dragging the first displayed object further into view including rotating and resizing the displayed object towards the direction of its original rotation and size as existed before the first displayed object was moved to the edge of the interactive display

at the end of the act of dragging, an act of determining whether the first displayed object has been dragged to a threshold position on the interactive display;

if the first displayed object has been dragged at least to the threshold position, an act of positioning first displayed object at the location of the end of the act of dragging;

if the first displayed object has not been dragged at least to the threshold position, an act of snapping the first displayed object back to the edge of the interactive display.

12. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, wherein the gesture is a wave gesture.

13. The computer program product in accordance with claim 12, wherein the wave gesture includes at least two major segments.

14. The computer program product in accordance with claim 12, wherein the wave gesture is made with respect to a portion of the interactive display, wherein the plurality of the displayed objects are related to the portion of the interactive display.

15. The computer program product in accordance with claim 12, wherein the plurality of displayed objects are all of the display objects on the interactive display.