Secondary single screen mode activation through off-screen gesture area activation

• US 9,430,122 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2012
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Original Assignee: Z124 LLC (Flexis)
• Inventors: Cassar, Ron
• Primary Examiner(s): Levy, Amy M
• Application Number:
  US13/362,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20120188185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 347/173
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• 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 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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

Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface on a second screen. More particularly, the method includes a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device from a first screen to a second screen while the device is closed. The change in the display mode may be made in response to one or more actions conducted by a user in a gesture capture region. The actions can include tapping the device in the gesture capture region. The actions can also include further input received in a window provided in response to the taps in the gesture capture region.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a device having at least first and second screens, wherein;

the device is in a closed state, in the closed state, the first and second screens face opposite directions, and, in an open state, the first and second screens face in a same direction;

the first screen comprises a first touch sensitive display and a first gesture capture region physically separate from the first touch sensitive display;

the second screen comprises a second touch sensitive display and a second gesture capture region physically separate from the second touch sensitive display;

the first and second gesture capture regions do not provide a display;

the first and second gesture capture regions are operable to receive two or more types of gesture inputs;

at least one type of gesture input is a tap or a long press gesture that does not require movement;

in a first display mode, presenting a first window on the first screen and not providing a display on the second screen;

receiving an input from a user in one of the first gesture capture region or the second gesture capture region, wherein the input requests a switch to a second display mode, wherein the second display mode includes displaying a display on the second screen and not providing a display on the first screen; and

in response to the input and while the device remains closed, switching to the second display mode by presenting the first window on the second screen and removing the first window from the first screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input includes at least one tap in one of the first gesture capture region or the second gesture capture region.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the input includes a sequence of two or more taps in one of the first gesture capture region or the second gesture capture region.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, in response to the sequence of two or more taps in one of the first gesture capture region or the second gesture capture region, presenting a window in the first screen, wherein the window requests user input to acknowledge a desire to switch to the second screen.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a user selects a first user interface device in the window to acknowledge the desire to switch to the second screen.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a user selects a second user interface device in the window to cancel the switch to the second screen.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the input also includes at least a second tap in one of the first or second touch sensitive displays.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein further input is received outside the gesture capture region to request the switch to the second screen.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the tap is received in the first gesture capture region on the first screen.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining a state of the phone.

11. A device, comprising:

a first screen, the first screen including a first gesture capture region and a first touch sensitive display that is physically separate from the first gesture capture region, wherein the first gesture capture region does not provide a display, wherein the first gesture capture region is operable to receive two or more types of gesture inputs, wherein at least one type of gesture input is a tap or a long press gesture that does not require movement;

a second screen, wherein the second screen faces an opposite direction from the first screen when the device is closed, wherein in a first display mode the first screen is in view of the user, wherein the second screen includes a second gesture capture region and a second touch sensitive display that is physically separate from the second gesture capture region, wherein the second gesture capture region does not provide a display, wherein the second gesture capture region is operable to receive two or more types of gesture inputs, wherein at least one type of gesture input is a tap or a long press gesture that does not require movement;

a memory;

a processor in communication with the memory, the first screen, and the second screen, the processor;

in a first display mode, presents a first window on the first screen, wherein the device is closed in the first display mode, wherein, in the closed state, the first and second screens face opposite directions, and wherein, in an open state, the first and second screens face in a same direction;

receives an input from at least one of the first or second gesture capture regions, wherein the input requests a switch to a second display mode, and wherein the second display mode includes displaying a display on the second screen and not providing a display on the first screen; and

in response to the input and while the device remains closed, switches to the second display mode by presenting the first window on the second screen and removing the first window from the first screen.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the input includes at least one tap in at least one of the first or second gesture capture region.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the input is a sequence of two or more taps in at least one of the first or second gesture capture region.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein, in response to the sequence of two or more taps in at least one of the first or second gesture capture region, presenting a second window in the first screen, wherein the second window requests user input to acknowledge a desire to switch to the second screen.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein a user selects a first user interface device in the window to acknowledge the desire to switch to the second screen.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor of a device to execute a method for providing a user interface, wherein the device has at least first and second screens, wherein the device is in a closed state, and wherein, in the closed state, the first and second screens face opposite directions and, in an open state, the first and second screens face in a same direction, wherein the first screen comprises a first touch sensitive display and a first gesture capture region separate from the first touch sensitive display, wherein the second screen comprises a second touch sensitive display and a second gesture capture region separate from the second touch sensitive display, and wherein the first and second gesture capture regions do provide a display, wherein the first and second gesture capture regions are operable to receive two or more types of gesture inputs, wherein at least one type of gesture input is a tap or a long press gesture that does not require movement, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

in a first display mode, presenting a first display with a first window on the first screen and not providing a second display on the second screen;

receiving an input in one of the first gesture capture region or the second gesture capture region, wherein the input requests a switch to a second display mode, wherein the second display mode includes displaying the first window on the second screen and not providing a display on the first screen, wherein the input includes a sequence of at least two taps in the one of the first or the second gesture capture region by a user; and

in response to the input and while the device remains closed, switching to the second display mode by presenting the first window on the second screen and removing the first window from the first screen.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the input is received in the first gesture capture region is associated with the first screen.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein, in response to the sequence of two or more taps in one of the first gesture capture region or the second gesture capture region, presenting a window in the first screen, wherein the window requests user input to acknowledge a desire to switch to the second screen.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user selects a first user interface device in the window to acknowledge the desire to switch to the second screen and wherein the user selects a second user interface device in the window to cancel the switch to the second screen.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein further input is received outside one of the first gesture capture region or the second gesture capture region to request the switch to the second screen.