Copy and staple gestures

• US 9,857,970 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2016
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Hinckley, Kenneth P., Yatani, Koji, Pahud, Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): Edouard, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilson, Douglas M
• Application Number:
  US15/222,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20160378331A1
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 3/0481 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Techniques involving gestures and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe gestures that are usable to provide inputs to a computing device. A variety of different gestures are contemplated, including bimodal gestures (e.g., using more than one type of input) and single modal gestures. Additionally, the gesture techniques may be configured to leverage these different input types to increase the amount of gestures that are made available to initiate operations of a computing device.

Claims

1. A method performed on a computing device, the method comprising:

recognizing a first touch input as selecting a first object displayed on a display device;

recognizing a second touch input subsequent to the first input as a hold on a second object displayed on a display device;

recognizing a third touch input as a tap on the second object during the hold on the second object; and

identifying a staple gesture from the recognized first, second, and third touch inputs, the staple gesture effective to cause a collated display of the first object beneath the second object on the display device, where the collated display further comprises an indication that the first and second objects in the collated display are stapled together.

2. The method of claim 1 where the first touch comprises a tap on the first object.

3. The method of claim 1 where the hold on the second object is for at least a predetermined amount of time.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising recognizing a first number of additional touch inputs subsequent to the first touch input and prior to the second touch input as selecting a second number of additional objects displayed on the display device corresponding to first number, where the additional objects are each distinct from the first object and the second object and from each other of the additional objects.

5. The method of claim 4 where the collated display further comprises the additional objects.

6. The method of claim 5 where the additional objects are arranged in the collated display in an order in which the additional objects were selected.

7. The method of claim 1 where further manipulation of the first and second objects in the collated display that are stapled together is as a group.

8. A system comprising:

a display device on which the system is configured to display a first object, a second object, and a third object;

a touch screen on which the system is configured to;

recognize a first touch input as selecting the first object displayed on the display device,

recognize a second touch input subsequent to the first input as a hold on the second object displayed on the display device, and

recognize a third touch input as a tap on the second object during the hold on the second object; and

at least one processor via which the system is configured to identify a staple gesture from the recognized first, second, and third touch inputs, the staple gesture effective to cause a collated display of the first object beneath the second object on the display device, where the collated display further comprises an indication that the first and second objects in the collated display are stapled together.

9. The system of claim 8 where the first touch comprises a tap on the first object.

10. The system of claim 8 where the hold on the second object is for at least a predetermined amount of time.

11. The system of claim 8, the touch screen on which the system is configured to recognize a first number of additional touch inputs subsequent to the first touch input and prior to the second touch input as selecting a second number of additional objects displayed on the display device corresponding to first number, where the additional objects are each distinct from the first object and the second object and from each other of the additional objects.

12. The system of claim 11 where the collated display further comprises the additional objects.

13. The system of claim 12 where the additional objects are arranged in the collated display in an order in which the additional objects were selected.

14. The system of claim 8 where further manipulation of the first and second objects in the collated display that are stapled together is as a group.

15. At least one hardware computer-readable medium that comprises computer-executable instructions that, based on execution by a computing device, configure the computing device to perform actions comprising:

recognizing a first touch input as selecting a first object displayed on a display device;

recognizing a second touch input subsequent to the first input as a hold on a second object displayed on the display device;

recognizing a third touch input as a tap on the second object during the hold on the second object; and

identifying a staple gesture from the recognized first, second, and third touch inputs, the staple gesture effective to cause a collated display of the first object beneath the second object on the display device, where the collated display further comprises an indication that the first and second objects in the collated display are stapled together.

16. The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of claim 15 where the first touch comprises a tap on the first object, or where further manipulation of the first and second objects in the collated display are stapled together is as a group.

17. The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of claim 15 where the hold on the second object is for at least a predetermined amount of time.

18. The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of claim 15 further comprising recognizing a first number of additional touch inputs subsequent to the first touch input and prior to the second touch input as selecting a second number of additional objects displayed on the display device corresponding to first number, where the additional objects are each distinct from the first object and the second object and from each other of the additional objects.

19. The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of claim 18 where the collated display further comprises the additional objects.

20. The at least one hardware computer-readable medium of claim 19 where the additional objects are arranged in the collated display in an order in which the additional objects were selected.