Switching an interface mode using an input gesture
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1. A method comprising:
- presenting an interactive interface on an electronic display of an information handling device, the interactive interface comprising a virtual keyboard having a plurality of modes;
receiving an input gesture from a user, the input gesture detected on a surface of the information handling device by a gesture detector, the gesture detector comprising a capacitive sensor operatively coupled to a border surrounding the electronic display, the border located outside a touch-sensitive area of the electronic display and within a same plane of the electronic display, the input gesture comprising a tapping gesture; and
changing a mode of the interactive interface in response to the received tapping gesture, wherein, without providing an indication to a user of which side of the information handling device to interact with to change the mode of the interactive interface, the mode of the interactive interface is changed from a first mode to a second mode in response to the tapping gesture detected on a top side of the border according to an orientation of the information handling device as held by the user, and the mode of the interactive interface is changed from the second mode to the first mode in response to the tapping gesture detected on a bottom side of the border according to the orientation of the information handling device as held by the user, the top side being opposite the bottom side.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for presenting an interactive interface on an electronic display of an information handling device, the interactive interface comprising a plurality of modes, receiving an input gesture from a user, the input gesture detected along a surface of the information handling device by a gesture detector, and changing a mode of the interactive interface in response to the received input gesture.
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting an interactive interface on an electronic display of an information handling device, the interactive interface comprising a virtual keyboard having a plurality of modes; receiving an input gesture from a user, the input gesture detected on a surface of the information handling device by a gesture detector, the gesture detector comprising a capacitive sensor operatively coupled to a border surrounding the electronic display, the border located outside a touch-sensitive area of the electronic display and within a same plane of the electronic display, the input gesture comprising a tapping gesture; and changing a mode of the interactive interface in response to the received tapping gesture, wherein, without providing an indication to a user of which side of the information handling device to interact with to change the mode of the interactive interface, the mode of the interactive interface is changed from a first mode to a second mode in response to the tapping gesture detected on a top side of the border according to an orientation of the information handling device as held by the user, and the mode of the interactive interface is changed from the second mode to the first mode in response to the tapping gesture detected on a bottom side of the border according to the orientation of the information handling device as held by the user, the top side being opposite the bottom side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a gesture detector; a processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; and a memory storing machine readable code executable by the processor, the machine readable code comprising; a display module that presents an interactive interface on the display, the interactive interface comprising a virtual keyboard having a plurality of modes; a gesture module that receives an input gesture from a user, the input gesture detected on a surface of the information handling device by a gesture detector, the gesture detector comprising a capacitive sensor operatively coupled to a border surrounding the electronic display, the border located outside a touch-sensitive area of the electronic display and within a same plane of the electronic display, the input gesture comprising a tapping gesture; and a mode module that changes a mode of the interactive interface in response to the received tapping gesture, wherein, without providing an indication to a user of which side of the information handling device to interact with to change the mode of the interactive interface, the mode of the interactive interface is changed from a first mode to a second mode in response to the tapping gesture detected on a top side of the border according to an orientation of the information handling device as held by the user, and the mode of the interactive interface is changed from the second mode to the first mode in response to the tapping gesture detected on a bottom side of the border according to the orientation of the information handling device as held by the user, the top side being opposite the bottom side. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform:
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presenting an interactive interface on an electronic display of an information handling device, the interactive interface comprising a virtual keyboard having a plurality of modes; receiving an input gesture from a user, the input gesture detected on a surface of the information handling device by a gesture detector, the gesture detector comprising a capacitive sensor operatively coupled to a border surrounding the electronic display, the border located outside a touch-sensitive area of the electronic display and within a same plane of the electronic display, the input gesture comprising a tapping gesture; and changing a mode of the interactive interface in response to the received tapping gesture, wherein, without providing an indication to a user of which side of the information handling device to interact with to change the mode of the interactive interface, the mode of the interactive interface is changed from a first mode to a second mode in response to the tapping gesture detected on a top side of the border according to an orientation of the information handling device as held by the user, and the mode of the interactive interface is changed from the second mode to the first mode in response to the tapping gesture detected on a bottom side of the border according to the orientation of the information handling device as held by the user, the top side being opposite the bottom side.
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