Multi-screen synchronous slide gesture

• US 8,751,970 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): HO, RUAY L
• Application Number:
  US12/713,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20110209104A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,566 Days
• Field of Search: 715200-277, 715700-867, 700701-866, 709201-866, 705 50- 79, 345 30-111, 345/173, 348206-2319, 707200-206, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 715/863
• 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 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Embodiments of a multi-screen synchronous slide gesture are described. In various embodiments, a first motion input is recognized at a first screen of a multi-screen system, and the first motion input is recognized when moving in a particular direction across the first screen. A second motion input is recognized at a second screen of the multi-screen system, where the second motion input is recognized when moving in the particular direction across the second screen and approximately when the first motion input is recognized. A synchronous slide gesture can then be determined from the recognized first and second motion inputs.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

recognizing a first touch gesture input on-screen a first screen of a multi-screen system integrated in a computing device, the first touch gesture input being recognized when moving in a particular direction across the first screen and said recognized while contact is maintained on the first screen with the first touch gesture input;

recognizing a second touch gesture input on-screen a second screen of the multi-screen system, the second touch gesture input being recognized when moving in the particular direction across the second screen and said recognized while contact is maintained on the second screen with the second touch gesture input while the first touch gesture input is recognized; and

determining, by a gesture module of the computing device, a synchronous slide gesture from a cross-screen combination of the recognized first and second touch gesture inputs across a bezel that separates the first and second screens of the multi-screen system, the synchronous slide gesture effective to move a displayed object from display on the first screen to display on the second screen.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to replace one or more displayed objects on the first and second screens with different displayed objects.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to move one or more displayed objects and reveal a workspace on the first and second screens.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to cycle through one or more workspaces that are displayed on the first and second screens.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to replace one or more applications on the first and second screens with different applications.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the first touch gesture input is said recognized on the first screen with the first touch gesture input proximate a first side of the bezel; and

the second touch gesture input is said recognized on the second screen with the second touch gesture input proximate a second side of the bezel.

7. A multi-screen system, comprising:

at least a memory and a processor to implement a gesture module configured to determine a synchronous slide gesture from a cross-screen combination of recognized first and second touch gesture inputs across a bezel that separates first and second screens of the multi-screen system;

an input recognition system configured to;

recognize the first touch gesture input on-screen the first screen when the first touch gesture input moves in a particular direction across the first screen and while contact is maintained on the first screen with the first touch gesture input; and

recognize the second touch gesture input on-screen the second screen when the second touch gesture input moves in the particular direction across the second screen and while contact is maintained on the second screen with the second touch gesture input while the first touch gesture input is recognized on-screen the first screen.

8. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to move a displayed object from display on the first screen to display on the second screen.

9. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to replace one or more displayed objects on the first and second screens with different displayed objects.

10. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to move one or more displayed objects and reveal a workspace on the first and second screens.

11. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to cycle through one or more workspaces that are displayed on the first and second screens.

12. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the synchronous slide gesture is effective to replace one or more applications on the first and second screens with different applications.

13. A multi-screen system as recited in claim 7, wherein the input recognition system is configured to:

said recognize the first touch gesture input on the first screen with the first touch gesture input proximate a first side of the bezel; and

said recognize the second touch gesture input on the second screen with the second touch gesture input proximate a second side of the bezel.

14. Computer-readable storage media comprising stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the stored instructions, a multi-screen system is initiated to:

recognize a first touch gesture input on-screen a first screen of the multi-screen system, the first touch gesture input recognized when moving in a particular direction across the first screen and while contact is maintained on the first screen with the first touch gesture input;

recognize a second touch gesture input on-screen a second screen of the multi-screen system, the second touch gesture input recognized when moving in the particular direction across the second screen and while contact is maintained on the second screen with the second touch gesture input while the first touch gesture input is recognized; and

determine a synchronous slide gesture from a cross-screen combination of the recognized first and second touch gesture inputs across a bezel that separates the first and second screens of the multi-screen system.

15. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to move a displayed object from display on the first screen to display on the second screen in response to the synchronous slide gesture.

16. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to replace one or more displayed objects on the first and second screens with different displayed objects in response to the synchronous slide gesture.

17. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to move one or more displayed objects and reveal a workspace on the first and second screens in response to the synchronous slide gesture.

18. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to cycle through one or more workspaces that are displayed on the first and second screens in response to the synchronous slide gesture.

19. Computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, further comprising additional stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to executing the additional stored instructions, the multi-screen system is further initiated to:

said recognize the first touch gesture input on the first screen with the first touch gesture input proximate a first side of the bezel; and

said recognize the second touch gesture input on the second screen with the second touch gesture input proximate a second side of the bezel.