Patent Grant
9239673
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to gesturing associated with multipoint sensing devices.
2. Description of the Related Art
There exist today many styles of input devices for performing operations in a computer system. The operations generally correspond to moving a cursor and making selections on a display screen. The operations may also include paging, scrolling, panning, zooming, etc. By way of example, the input devices may include buttons, switches, keyboards, mice, trackballs, touch pads, joy sticks, touch screens and the like. Each of these devices has advantages and disadvantages that are taken into account when designing the computer system.
With touch pads, the movement of the input pointer corresponds to the relative movements of the user's finger (or stylus) as the finger is moved along a surface of the touch pad. Touch screens, on the other hand, are a type of display screen that has a touch-sensitive transparent panel covering the screen. When using a touch screen, a user makes a selection on the display screen by pointing directly to GUI objects on the screen (usually with a stylus or finger). In general, the touch device recognizes the touch and position of the touch and the computer system interprets the touch and thereafter performs an action based on the touch event.
In order to provide additionally functionality, gestures have been implemented with some of these input devices. By way of example, in touch pads, selections may be made when one or more taps are detected on the surface of the touch pad. In some cases, any portion of the touch pad may be tapped, and in other cases a dedicated portion of the touch pad may be tapped. In addition to selections, scrolling may be initiated by using finger motion at the edge of the touch pad.
Unfortunately, gesturing is severely limited by the fact that most touch technologies are only capable of reporting a single point even when multiple objects are placed on the sensing surface. That is, they lack the ability to track multiple points of contact simultaneously. In resistive and capacitive technologies, an average of all simultaneously occurring touch points are determined and a single point which falls somewhere between the touch points is reported. In surface wave and infrared technologies, it is impossible to discern the exact position of multiple touch points that fall on the same horizontal or vertical lines due to masking. In either case, faulty results are generated.
Based on the above, there is a need for multipoint sensing devices and methods of implementing gestures with multipoint sensing devices.
The invention relates, in one embodiment, to an electronic system. The electronic system includes a multipoint sensing device that provides a multipoint sensing area for receiving inputs from one or more objects. The electronic system also includes a gesture module configured to determine a gesture set for a given input arrangement received by the multipoint sensing area of the multipoint sensing device, to monitor the given input arrangement for one or more gesture events included in the gesture set, and to initiate input actions associated with a gesture event when the gesture event is performed with the input arrangement. The input arrangement may for example be an arrangement of fingers and/or other parts of the hand.
The invention relates, in another embodiment, to a gestural control method. The method includes detecting multiple points within a sensing area at the same time. The method also includes determining a chord when one or more points are detected within the sensing area. The chord is a specific arrangement of points within the sensing area. The method further includes determining a gesture set associating commands to one or more gesture events. The method additionally includes monitoring points for gesture events. Moreover, the method includes performing command associated with gesture event if a gesture event is recognized.
The invention relates, in another embodiment, to a control operation. The control operations includes detecting a touch or near touch. The operations also includes determining a gesture set for the touch. The gesture set includes one or more gesture events for provoking or initiating a command. The operation further includes monitoring the touch for a gesture event. The operation additionally includes initiating a command when a gesture event associated with the gesture set is performed.
The invention relates, in another embodiment, to a gesture operation. The operation includes monitoring a touch motion. The operation also includes differentiating the touch motion between first and second states. The operation further includes performing a first action if the touch motion is associated with first state. The operation additionally includes performing a second action if motion is associated with second state.
The invention relates, in another embodiment, to a control operation. The control operation includes providing a first input device and a second input device that is different than the first input device. The first input device includes an object sensing device such as a touch sensing device for providing input events. The operation also includes monitoring the first input device for input events. The operation further includes simultaneously monitoring the second input device for input events. The operation additionally includes performing input operations in accordance with input events associated with first input device. Moreover, the method includes simultaneously performing input operations in accordance with input events associated with second input device.
The invention relates, in another embodiment, to a control operation. The control operation provides a list of input functions. The input function have commands and gesture events that are linked to the commands. The commands are related to the input function. The operation also includes assigning input functions to chords. The operation additionally includes linking an input function to a chord when the chord is recognized.
The invention relates, in another embodiment, to a control panel. The control panel includes displaying a menu of input functions. The control panel also includes displaying a gesture set that shows commands associated with a selected input function, and gesture events assigned to the commands. The control operation further includes displaying a list of chords. In order to set up a gesture map, a user selects desired input function from list of input functions and selects a desired chord from the list of chords.
The invention relates, in another embodiment, to a gesture design process. The design process includes providing a list of chords and ranking the chords from easiest to hardest. The design process also includes ranking the frequency of operations from most frequent to least frequent. The design process further includes matching the easiest chords with the most frequent operations, and matching the hardest chords with the least frequent operations. The design process may additionally include fine tuning chord/operation grouping.
The invention relates, in another embodiment, to a gesture operation. The gesture operations includes detecting a first finger. The gesture operation also includes determining the state of the finger. The state of the finger may for example be moving or stationary. The gesture operation further includes detecting one or more additional fingers. For example, a second finger may be detected. The gesture operation additionally includes determining the state of the additional fingers. The state of the additional fingers may for example be that they are present or not. Moreover, the method includes implementing different input modes based on timing of states of first and additional fingers relative to one another. The different modes may for example be pointing modes, dragging modes and the like.
The invention will be readily understood by the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate like structural elements, and in which:
Gestures and methods of implementing gestures with sensing devices are disclosed. More particularly, gestures and methods of implementing gestures with multipoint sensing devices are disclosed. Multipoint sensing devices have a number of advantages over conventional single point devices in that they can distinguish more than one object (finger) simultaneously or near simultaneously. In most cases, multipoint sensing devices and systems that utilize such devices monitor a surface for a touch or near touch event. When such an event occurs, it can determine the distinct area(s) of contact and identify the nature of the events via their geometric features and geometric arrangement. Once identified, the touch or near touch events are monitored to determine if they correspond to various gestures events.
A gesture event may be defined as a stylized interaction with the sensing surface mapped to one or more specific computing operations. Gesture events may be made through various hand, and more particularly digit, motions, taps, pressures, dwells, and/or the like. Because the surface is based on multipoint technology, complex gesturing may be performed with any number of digits or other contact portions of the hand. In fact, because of this, a large gesture language analogous to sign language may be developed. Gesture language (or map) may include for example a set of instructions that recognize an arrangement of contacts (e.g., chords), recognizes the occurrence of gesture events (e.g., motions), and informs one or more software agents of the gesture events and/or what action(s) to take in response to the gesture events. Examples of multipoint gesturing may for example be found in U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 10/903,964, 111038,590, and 111015,434, which are all herein incorporated by reference.
A wide range of different gestures can be utilized with multipoint sensing devices. For example, a gesture may be a single point or a multipoint gesture; a static or dynamic gesture; a continuous or segmented gesture; and/or the like. Single point gestures are those gestures that are performed with a single contact point, e.g., the gesture is performed with a single touch as for example from a single finger, a palm or a stylus. Multipoint gestures are those gestures that can be performed with multiple points, e.g., the gesture is performed with multiple touches as for example from multiple fingers, fingers and palms, a finger and a stylus, multiple styli and/or any combination thereof. Static gestures may be those gestures that do not substantially include gesture events (e.g., chords), and dynamic gestures may be those gestures that do include significant gesture events (e.g., motions, taps, etc.). Continuous gestures may be those gestures that are performed in a single stroke, and segmented gestures may be those gestures that are performed in a sequence of distinct steps or strokes. Although several examples are given herein, it should be appreciated that this is by way of example and not by way of limitation.
Multipoint sensing devices can be embodied in various forms including but not limit to standard sized touch pads, large extended palm pads, touch screens, touch sensitive housings, etc. Furthermore, multipoint sensing devices can be positioned on many form factors including but not limited to tablet computers, laptop computers, desktop computers as well as handheld computing devices such as media players, PDAs, cell phones, and the like. The multipoint sensing devices may also be found on dedicated input devices such as touch screen monitors, keyboards, navigation pads, tablets, mice, and the like. Examples of multipoint sensing devices may be found in U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 10/840,862, 10/927,575, which are all herein incorporated by reference
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Following block 12, the operation can proceed to block 14 where a determination is made as to whether or not a touch or near touch is detected by the multi-point sensing device. If a touch is not detected, the operation can wait. If a touch is detected, the operation can proceed to block 16 where a chord associated with the touch is determined. A chord may be a specific arrangement of contacts or near contacts that can be assigned to some input functionality. Generally speaking, when objects are placed near or on a touch sensing surface, contact patches are created and these contact patches form a pattern that can be identified. The pattern can be made with any assortment of objects including for example mechanical features such as styli and signets and/or portions of one or more hands such as finger, thumb, palm, knuckles, etc.
The chord can be widely varied and may depend on many factors including the size of the touch surface, whether the touch surface is a touch screen or touch pad, etc. Furthermore, the chords may be based on the number of unknown contacts or a specific arrangement of known contacts. The chords may be further based on whether the contacts are close together, in a neutral position or spread apart. The chords may be further based on whether the contacts are adjacent or offset one another. The chords may be further based on the whether they are from left and/or right hand.
Determining the chord may include analyzing the touch (image created by objects touching or near touching the touch surface) and recognizing a specific arrangement of contacts. More particularly, the determination may include classifying or identifying the contacts via the geometric features of each contact as well as the geometric arrangement of contacts, and then referring to a database of expected chords (e.g., gesture map). If the arrangement of contacts matches an expected chord then the arrangement of contacts may be presumed to be the expected chord. These steps may also include filtering. For example, some contacts may not actually be part of a chord. For example, in the case of a touch palm pad, contacts formed by the palm may be ignored since they serve as a support base for the digits of the hand (e.g., very awkward to hold palms above touch surface for extended periods of time). In the case of a tablet PC with a touch screen, contacts formed by the thumb of at least one hand may be ignored since they are primarily used to hold the tablet PC.
Examples of one hand chords are shown below in Table 1. It should be appreciated that Table 1 is not an exhaustive list and that it is shown by way of example and not by way of limitation. For example, the palm may be counted as a contact and added to any of the combinations shown in Table 1 to create more chords. It should be further noted that many more chord combinations can be created by combining the list of Table 1 with the same list from the opposite hand. It should also be noted that although there are many combinations some chords may not be feasible for various reasons including ease of use, ergonomics, intuitiveness, etc.
Once the chord has been determined, the operation can proceed to block 18 where a gesture set associating actions to one or more gesture events is determined. A gesture set may be a map that links actions to gesture events. The gesture set may depend on the determined chord, but may also depend on other factors including location of the chord, open application, state or mode of the application, other touch characteristics, etc. In essence, the chord selects an input channel with each channel having a different gesture set associated therewith. In some cases, for organizational purposes and ease of use, the channels are associated with a particular input functionality such as navigating operations, file operations, edit operations, viewing operations, formatting operations, tool operations, web browsing operations, etc. Each of these input functionalities can have an associated set of commands that are tied to gesture events.
The actions may be state commands or manipulative commands. A state command is a single implemented command. Examples of state commands include new, open, close, delete, rename, select all, cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, group/ungroup, italic, bold, underline, previous/next, play/pause, mute, etc. Other examples of state commands include launching a particular program, launching a particular mode of a program, launching a website, opening a tool bar, opening a menu, arrowing, backspace, space, enter, tab, caps lock, functions, zooming, enlarging/reducing, paging, volume, etc. A manipulative command is a command that continuously manipulates the selected object. Examples of manipulative commands include pointing, tracking, dragging, scrolling, panning, zooming, sizing, stretching, paging, volume, etc. It should be appreciated that these examples are not a limitation and that other commands may be used.
As noted above, a gesture event can be any stylized physical action that can be performed on or above the touch surface. Examples of gesture events may include for example motions, taps, pressure changes, dwells, etc. In some cases, the gesture events may be performed by the chord. In other case, the gesture events may be performed by a subset of the chord. In other cases, the gesture events may be performed by new contacts in addition to or separate from the initial chord. Gesture events will be described in greater detail below.
In block 20, the touch can be monitored for gesture events, and in block 22 a determination can be made as to whether or not gesture events are recognized. Recognizing the gesture events may include analyzing the touch characteristics of contacts (contacts associated with the chord and/or new contacts), identifying a specific pattern and referring to the gesture set and its list of expected gesture events. If the pattern matches an expected gesture event then the pattern may be presumed to be the expected gesture event. The touch characteristics may for example include first order consideration such as motion, tapping, change in pressure, dwell, and second order considerations such as speed (absolute or relative), direction (absolute or relative), orientation (absolute or relative), size (absolute or relative), duration (absolute or relative), shape (absolute or relative), length (absolute or relative), and/or the like.
In one embodiment, gesture events can be designed or selected to be distinguishable from other gesture events to prevent cross talk or mistakes in recognizing the gesture event (e.g., typically want gesture events to be easily differentiated from other gesture events).
Again, gesture events may be classified as motion, tapping, pressure, dwell, etc. If motion, the gesture events may exemplified as follows: sliding in any direction, a slow linear swipe to the right, left, up and down; a quick linear flick to the right, left, up and down; a slow rotation clockwise or counter clockwise; a quick rotation clockwise or counter clockwise; contract or expansion of two of more contacts (e.g., spreading and closing separation between contacts). If tap, the gesture events may further be exemplified as follows: '/z tap, full tape, multiple tap, quick tap, slow tap, etc. If pressure, the gesture events may be further exemplified as light press or hard press. If dwell, the gesture events may be further exemplified as long stationary pause or short stationary pause. It should be appreciated that this list is not a limitation and that gesture events may be classified in other ways and orientations. For example, linear motion gestures are not limited to right, left, up and down, and may further include up-right, up-left, down-right, down-left.
The gesture events may be basic or advanced. Basic gestures may be those gestures with one action as for example swipe linear right. Advanced gestures may be those gestures with multiple actions such as swipe linear right followed by a tap or swipe linear right; long pause, swipe linear left; or rotate CCW with increased or decreased pressure. Advanced gestures may include any number of actions. Basic gestures may be used for ease of use and processing complexity reasons.
If a gesture event is recognized, the operation can proceed to block 24 where the action(s) associated with the gesture events are performed. Block 24 may include referring to the gesture set and locating the action(s) associated with the recognized gesture events. Once located, the action(s) can be initiated. If the action is a state command, the command can be initiated each and every time the gesture event is performed (e.g., the gesture event operates like a button). In some cases, the gesture event can be designed to create repetitive state commands. For example, if the user extends or continues the gesture event multiple state commands can be initiated. This may be helpful in a game mode for rapid firing or in an editing mode when undoing work or in a browse mode when flipping through pages. By way of example, if a single undo command is initiated by a quick linear swipe to the right, a repetitive undo command may be initiated by a quick linear swipe followed by a slow linear swipe in one continuous motion (during touch). In this example, the undo command can be repeatedly initiated in accordance with the slow linear swipe (e.g., the undo command is fired every 100 ms during the slow linear swipe). If the action is a manipulative command, the command can be continuously generated during the gesture event (e.g., one to one correspondence between command and gesture event). For example, if the command is scrolling, scrolling can be performed as long as the gesture event is performed and in accordance with the gesture event properties (e.g., speed, direction, etc.).
Following block 24, the operation can proceed to block 26 where a determination is made as to whether or not a switching event has been performed. A switching event can refer to an event that resets the operation or initiates a chord change. The switching event may be implemented in a variety of ways. For example, it may be implemented by removing all contacts for a predetermined amount of time (e.g., lifting hand off of touch surface). It may also be implemented by changing the base chord during the touch (e.g., adding/removing contacts). It may also be implemented by adding/removing contacts from the opposite hand (e.g., placing one or more fingers down with the opposite hand while the other hand is still touching). It may also be implemented by pausing (e.g., if the contacts stay stationary for a preset amount of time). It may also be implemented by a key entry or button click from a standard keyboard or mouse. It may also be implemented via a gesture event. If a switching event has occurred, the operation proceeds back to block 12. If a switching event has not occurred, then the operation proceeds back to block 20.
Following block 52, the operation can proceed to block 54, where a gesture set is determined for the touch. The gesture set may depend on many factors including touch characteristics, touch location, open application, mode of application, and the like. In most cases, the gesture set is based at least in part on the arrangement of contacts at touchdown.
Following block 54, the operation can proceed to block 56 where the touch is monitored for gesture events associated with the gesture set. The gesture set may include one or more gesture events for provoking or initiating a command (e.g., commands can be tied or linked to specific gesture events).
Following block 56, the operation can proceed to block 58 where one or more commands are initiated when gesture events are performed. For example, a user may slide a specific arrangement of fingers to provoke or initiate a scrolling event.
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The above example may be useful in game modes. The base chord can be used for pointing, first new digit can be used for triggering, and the second new digit can be used for a weapon change. Alternatively, in standard modes, the base chord can be used for pointing, first new digit can be used for primary click and drag, and the second new digit can be used for a secondary click and drag. The three finger support provides sufficient support in both gaming and standard modes.
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Side pinky swipe may be useful for simple control gestures like volume up/down, sleep, screen saver, etc. The side pinky swipe has the simplicity of single finger touch while being recognizably distinct from normal 1 fingertip pointing/clicking. It is also very ergonomic because while touching with side of pinky, the thumb is pointing straight up into the air. This is the most neutral comfortable of all wrist positions.
Dashboard is a control panel that includes customizable widgets (mini applications) that bring information to the user instantly—weather forecasts, stock quotes, yellow pages, airline flights, sport scores, etc. In most cases, when activated, the Dashboard is brought into view, and when deactivated, the Dashboard is removed from view. The user is able to receive up to date and timely info from the Internet with a click of a button, and then have it disappear instantly when button is released.
Expose is a window management program. Window management programs are configured to help navigate through or mitigate window clutter (the state where its is difficult to find documents or see the desktop because there are so many open windows and/or applications). Expose may have or be selected from three different modes of operation, which can be controlled by gesturing. The first mode is All Windows or Tile, Scale and Show all. When operating in this mode, all open windows are tiled and scaled so that all the open windows can be seen simultaneously inside the display screen. That is, performing the specified gesture instantly tiles all of the open windows-scales them down and neatly arranges them so that the user can view the contents in each window. The amount of scaling or the rate of scaling may be tied to some characteristic of the gesture as for example pressure or speed. The second mode is Application Windows or Highlight Current Application. This mode works similarly to the first mode except that it only works on a particular application. For example, performing the specified gesture may instantly tile the open windows of a particular application while causing all of the other open application to fade to a shade of grey. The third mode is Desktop or Hide All. In this mode, all of the open windows are moved to the screen edges thereby opening up the desktop. That is, performing the specified gesture may hide all of the open windows giving the user instant access to their desktop.
Thereafter, in block 284, the operations can include recognizing a base chord (e.g., two or more fingers). Thereafter, in block 286, a determination can made as to whether or not an upward slide is detected with the base chord. If so, the operation can proceed to block 288 where Expose all is opened. Thereafter, in block 290, a determination can be made as to whether or not a downward slide is detected with the base chord. If so, the operation can proceed to block 292 where Expose all is closed. Thereafter, the operation can proceed back to block 286. Referring back to block 286, if an upward slide is not detected by the base chord, then the operation can proceed to block 294 where a determination can be made as to whether or not a downward slide is detected with the base chord. If so, the operation can proceed to block 296 where dashboard is opened. Thereafter, in block 298, a determination can be made as to whether or not an upward slide is detected. If so, the operation can proceed to block 300 where Dashboard is closed. Thereafter, the operation can proceed back to block 286. Referring back to block 294, if a downward slide is not detected, the operation can proceed to block 301 where a determination is made as to whether the chord has changed. For example, lifting one finger away. If the chord has been changed, the operation can proceed to block 302 where pointing is performed with the altered chord. Thereafter, in block 304, a determination can be made as to whether or not the chord has been changed back to the base chord. If so, the operation can proceed back to block 286. Gesture operation 280 is sometimes referred to as canceling in opposite direction.
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A static command gesture is a gesture that is performed by simply placing a specific arrangement of contacts on a touch surface. A command is initiated when the specific arrangement of contacts is identified at touch down. There are no gesture events that follow the initial placement. The command is simply generated when the touch is detected. The static command gesture may be analogous to sign language where specific hand arrangements mean different things. In the context of the static command gesture, each hand arrangement (or different arrangement of contacts) initiates a different command.
Following block 314, the operation can proceed to block 316 where a command tied to a specific arrangement of contacts is initiated when the specific arrangement of contacts is identified. The commands may be widely varied.
Many users keep multiple windows open an any one time. This allows them to go back and forth between windows as needed. This can be beneficial when copying from one window and pasting in another window. In a typical process, the user would select one of the windows, thereby activating the window and then perform actions within the window. The user would then, select another window, thereby activating the new window and deactivating the old window and then perform actions within the new window. This is clumsy and consists of many steps. In order to overcome this, the present invention provides a method in
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Generally speaking, the media management program may need to be placed in a metadata inserting mode. This can be accomplished conventionally through onscreen controls or alternatively by the chord associated with the pointing mechanism.
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In block 544, the user can assign input functions to a particular chord by selecting an input function from a menu of input functions and then selecting a chord from a menu list of chords. (e.g., highlight input function, and then select chord). Once the chord is selected, the input function can be tied to that chord for future operations (block 546). In some cases, the chord menu may include indication of the input function assigned thereto. In this particular embodiment, the commands may be already assigned to gesture events.
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Control panel 550 also can include a menu of input functions 554 also in the form of a pull down window. When a user selects the pull down window, the user can be presented with a list of one or more input functions. The input functions may include for example, none, point, point/click, scroll, scroll and secondary click, primary click and drag, secondary click and drag, move window, expose & dashboard, web browser operations, editing operations, file operations and the like. In order to highlight one of the input function, the user can be provided with a highlight bar that traverses through the list in accordance with user controls.
Control panel 550 can also include a gesture set section 556 that shows commands associated with the input function that is highlighted, and gesture events assigned to the commands. The gesture set section may only be for feedback, but can also include the functionality of assigning commands to gesture events (or vice versa). Although the window can be widely varied, in the illustrated embodiment, the window may contain separated boxes, each of which contains a gesture event and a command associated therewith. In this embodiment, the boxes can be set up in a 3×3 matrix, and therefore there can be 9 different gesture events and 9 different commands for each input function. In most cases, oppositely performed gesture events may be placed across from one another. For example, rotate CCW can be located opposite of rotate CW, spread can be located opposite contract, left swipe can be located opposite right swipe, up swipe can be located opposite down swipe. If possible, complimentary command scan be linked to opposite gesture events thereby making them more intuitive.
Control panel 550 can also include a menu of chords 558. The chords can be laid out one on top of the other and move through a window via a scroll bar. The chords may include text identifiers as well as chord indicators showing examples of how to make the chord. In the illustrated embodiment, the chord indicator may be in the form of a hand with darkened circles covering the fingers used to make the chord. The chords may also include text identifiers for the input function assigned to the chord.
In one embodiment, in order to set up the gesture map, the user can highlight an input function and then move to the chord menu. Once at the chord menu, the user can select a desired chord for that input function by traversing through the list of chords, highlighting the desired chord and then performing a selection event as for example via a click. Thereafter, the input function can be assigned to the chord. In some cases, once the user assigns the input function to the chord, the input function identifier can be placed in the chord menu along with the chord. Furthermore, the input function may include an identifier indicating that is has been assigned. For example, a check may be placed by the assigned input function. During operations, when a user places the finger arrangement shown in the chord menu on the multipoint touch surface, the finger arrangement can be recognized as the chord and thereafter, the gesture set associated with the input function assigned to chord can be set as the primary or active gesture set.
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With so many combinations of chords, gesture events, commands to evaluate, it may be helpful to isolate strength and weaknesses and develop a guiding theory of which chords and gesture events fit well with which commands. It is generally believed that long term user experience is maximized by matching the best finger combinations with the most frequent commands. Mediocre finger combinations should only be used for less frequent commands. However, because of subtle issues such as cross talk, following this principal alone is not sufficient to create a great user experience.
The design process also includes block 704 where the frequency of operations may be rated or ranked. For example, how often a particular user or a group of users performs a particular set of operations. Frequency rankings can vary according to the proportions of operations relative to each other (e.g., web browsing vs. editing).
The design process can also include block 706 where the easiest chords are substantially grouped or matched with the most frequent operations and the hardest chords are substantially grouped or matched with the least frequent operations.
The design process can also includes fine tuning the groups. The fine tuning can be based on many factors including complimentary commands, intuitiveness, cross talk, sensible organization, etc. As should be appreciated, the design process may not be as simple as matching the easiest chord with the most frequent operation. In some cases, the easiest chord may not make sense for the most frequent operation. As such, the chords and the operations may be shifted while still trying to maintain easy with most frequent and hard with less frequent.
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Dashboard is home to widgets: mini-applications that let you perform common tasks and provide you with fast access to information. With a swipe, Dashboard can appear, complete with widgets that bring a user a world of information—real-time weather, stock tickers, flight information and more—instantly. Dashboard can disappear just as easily, so that a user can get back to what they were doing. Dashboard is manufactured by Apple Computer of Cupertino, Calif.
Expose allows users to instantly access any open window with a single swipe—and stunning style that can never be imitated. Display all open windows as thumbnails, view windows of the current application or hide all windows to quickly locate a file on your desktop. Expose is manufactured by Apple Computer of Cupertino, Calif.
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In one example, the state of the first finger can include stationary or moving, and the state of a second finger can include whether the second finger is present or not. In this example, pointing operations can be implemented if only the first finger is detected. Furthermore, pointing operations can be switched to dragging operations if the second finger is detected when the first finger is stationary, and pointing operations are maintained if the second finger is detected when the first finger is moving. In so doing, a user can easily switch back and forth between pointing and dragging operations. For example, the user may move one finger over the touch surface to position it or a cursor over a file folder (e.g., pointing), stop the finger or cursor over the file folder, place a second finger down on the touch surface thus indicating that the file folder is desired to be dragged, and then move their first finger to another location to drag the file folder to a new location. The user can keep moving their finger and thus the file folder around, or simply pick up the first finger to finally locate the file fold within the screen.
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In most cases, the processor 956 together with an operating system may operate to execute computer code and produce and use data. Operating systems are generally well known and will not be described in greater detail. By way of example, the operating system may correspond to OS/2, DOS, Unix, Linux, Palm OS, and the like. The operating system can also be a special purpose operating system, such as may be used for limited purpose appliance-type computing devices. The operating system, other computer code and data may reside within a memory block 958 that is operatively coupled to the processor 956. Memory block 958 can provide a place to store computer code and data that are used by the system 950. By way of example, the memory block 958 may include Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random-Access Memory (RAM), hard disk drive and/or the like. The information can also reside on a removable storage medium and loaded or installed onto the system 950 when needed. Removable storage mediums include, for example, CD-ROM, PC-CARD, memory card, floppy disk, magnetic tape, and a network component.
The system 950 can also include a display device 968 that is operatively coupled to the processor 956. The display device 968 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD) (e.g., active matrix, passive matrix and the like). Alternatively, the display device 968 may be a monitor such as a monochrome display, color graphics adapter (CGA) display, enhanced graphics adapter (EGA) display, variable-graphics-array (VGA) display, super VGA display, cathode ray tube (CRT), and the like. The display device may also correspond to a plasma display or a display implemented with electronic inks.
The display device 968 can be configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) 969 that provides an easy to use interface between a user of the system and the operating system or application running thereon. Generally speaking, the GUI 969 represents, programs, files and operational options with graphical images. The graphical images may include windows, fields, dialog boxes, menus, icons, buttons, cursors, scroll bars, etc. Such images may be arranged in predefined layouts, or may be created dynamically to serve the specific actions being taken by a user. During operation, the user can select and activate various graphical images in order to initiate functions and tasks associated therewith. By way of example, a user may select a button that opens, closes, minimizes, or maximizes a window, or an icon that launches a particular program. The GUI 969 can additionally or alternatively display information, such as non interactive text and graphics, for the user on the display device 968.
The system 950 can also includes one or more input devices 970 that are operatively coupled to the processor 956. The input devices 970 can be configured to transfer data from the outside world into the system 950. The input devices 970 may be integrated with the system 950 or they maybe separate components (e.g., peripheral devices). In some cases, the input devices 970 may be connected to the system 950 through wired connections (e.g., cables/ports). In other cases, the input devices 970 may be connected to the system 50 through wireless connections. By way of example, the data link may correspond to PS/2, USB, IR, RF, Bluetooth or the like.
The input device(s) 970 may for example be used to perform tracking and to make selections with respect to the GUI 969 on the display 968. The input device 970 may also be used to issue commands in the system 950.
In one embodiment, the input devices 970 may include a touch sensing device configured to receive input from a user's touch and to send this information to the processor 56. By way of example, the touch-sensing device may correspond to a touchpad, a touch screen and/or a touch sensitive housing.
In many cases, the touch-sensing device can recognize touches (or near touches), as well as the position and magnitude of touches on a touch sensitive surface. The touch sensing means can report the touches to the processor 956 and the processor 956 can interpret the touches in accordance with its programming. For example, the processor 956 may initiate a task in accordance with a particular touch. A dedicated processor can be used to process touches locally and reduce demand for the main processor of the computer system. The touch sensing device may be based on sensing technologies including but not limited to capacitive sensing, resistive sensing, surface acoustic wave sensing, pressure sensing, optical sensing, and/or the like.
Furthermore, the touch sensing means may be based on single point sensing or multipoint sensing. Single point sensing is capable of only distinguishing a single touch, while multipoint sensing is capable of distinguishing multiple touches that occur at the same time. Alternatively or additionally, proximity sensing devices may be used. Proximity sensing devices are capable of sensing objects in space rather than on a touch surface.
In one embodiment, the input devices 970 can include a multipoint input device. Multipoint input devices have advantages over conventional single point devices in that they can distinguish more than one object (finger) at the same time. By way of example, a multipoint device, which can be used herein, is shown and described in greater detail in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862 and 11/015,434, both of which are herein incorporated by reference.
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the system 950 can be designed to recognize gestures 985 applied to one or more of the input devices 970 (particularly touch devices) and to control aspects of the system 950 based on the gestures 985. As previously noted, a gesture may be defined as a stylized interaction with an input device that is mapped to one or more specific computing operations. The gestures 985 may be made through various hand, and more particularly finger motions. Alternatively or additionally, the gestures may be made with a stylus. In all of these cases, at least one of the input devices 970 such as a touch device can receives the gestures 985 and the processor 956 can execute instructions to carry out operations associated with the gestures 985. In addition, the memory block 958 may include a gesture operational program 988, which maybe part of the operating system or a separate application. The gestural operation program 988 can include a set of instructions that recognizes the occurrence of gestures 985 and informs one or more software agents of the gestures 985 and/or what action(s) to take in response to the gestures 985.
When a user performs one or more gestures, the input device 970 can relay gesture information to the processor 956. Using instructions from memory 958, and more particularly, the gestural operational program 988, the processor 956 can interpret the gestures 985 and controls different components of the system 950, such as memory 958, a display 968 based on the gestures 985. The gestures 985 maybe identified as commands for performing actions in applications stored in the memory 958, modifying GUI objects shown on the display 968, modifying data stored in memory 958, and/or for performing actions in I/O devices. By way of example, the commands may be associated with zooming, panning, scrolling, paging, rotating, sizing, and the like. As further examples, the commands may also be associated with launching a particular program, opening a file or document, viewing a menu, making a selection, executing instructions, logging onto the computer system, permitting authorized individuals access to restricted areas of the computer system, loading a user profile associated with a user's preferred arrangement of the computer desktop, and/or the like.
In one embodiment, the number of fingers in contact with the input device may indicate an input mode. For example, a single touch as for example by a single finger may indicate the desire to perform tracking, i.e., pointer or cursor movements, or selections, whereas multiple touches as for example by a group of fingers may indicate the desire to perform other gestures. The number of fingers for implementing gesturing may be widely varied. By way of example, two fingers may indicate a first input mode, three fingers may indicate a third input mode, etc. Alternatively, any number of fingers, i.e., more than one, may be used for the same input mode, which can include one or more gesture controls. The orientation of the fingers may similarly be used to denote the desired mode. The profile of the finger maybe detected to permit different modal operations based on whether the user has used his thumb or index finger, for example.
In one particular embodiment, a single finger can initiate tracking (or selection) and two or more fingers in close proximity to one another can initiate scrolling or panning. Two fingers can provide easy toggling between one and two fingers, i.e., the user can switch between modes very easily by simply picking or placing an additional finger. This has the advantage of being more intuitive than other forms of mode toggling. During tracking, cursor movement can be controlled by the user moving a single finger on the touch sensitive surface of a touch sensing device. The sensor arrangement of the touch sensing device can interpret the finger motion and generate signals for producing corresponding movement of the cursor on the display. During scrolling, screen movement can be controlled by the user moving dual fingers on the touch sensitive surface of the touch sensing device. When the combined fingers are moved in the vertical direction, the motion can be interpreted as a vertical scroll event, and when the combined fingers are moved in the horizontal direction, the motion can be interpreted as a horizontal scroll event. The same can be said for panning although panning can occur in all directions rather than just the horizontal and vertical directions.
In some examples, a gesture operation can be performed based on one or more selected contacts, with additional contacts being ignored. The selection of the one or more contacts can be based on the motion of the contacts. For example, one or more contacts having significant motion compared to the remaining contacts can be selected for a scrolling gesture or a zooming gesture, and any motion of the remaining contacts can be ignored. As the motion of the contacts changes, different contacts can be selected. For example, if a second contact having the maximum motion of all the contacts has significantly more motion than the currently-selected first contact, then the second contact can be selected instead and the gesture operation can continue based on the motion of the second contact. These examples may also apply to gestures of any number of fingers, including four- and five-finger gestures.
Additional motion of each of the contacts can be determined (step 1008). The selected contacts can change based on this additional motion. In some examples, one or more maxima of the additional motion can be determined (step 1010). For example, the fastest contact can be determined, or the fastest two contacts can be determined. In some examples, a change in position can be determined for each contact with respect to a previous point in time, and one or more contacts with the greatest change in position can be determined. Then, it can be determined whether the currently-selected one or more contacts of the first set are relatively stationary compared to the one or more maxima (step 1012). This determination can be based on a comparison between the one or more maxima and the one or more contacts of the first set. In some examples, the comparison can include comparing a motion of the first set to a scalar multiple of a motion of the maxima. For example, if a currently-selected contact of the first set has a change in position less than a scalar multiple of a change in position of one of the maxima contacts, then the currently-selected contact of the first set can be determined to be relatively stationary compared to the one or more maxima. The scalar multiple can be less than 1, so that the motion of the first set can be compared to a fraction of the motion of the maxima. This determination can further include additional comparisons between contacts of the currently-selected first set and the one or more maxima.
If the first set is determined not to be relatively stationary compared to the one or more maxima (step 1012), then the first set can continue to be selected and the gesture operation can be continued based on the motion of the first set (step 1018). However, if the first set is determined to be relatively stationary compared to the one or more maxima (step 1012), then a second set of contacts can be selected, at least one contact of the second set having a maximum motion (step 1014). For example, if one or more maxima are determined, then at least one contact having a maximum motion can be selected in the second set. Then, the gesture operation can be continued based on motion of the second set instead of the first set (step 1016). In some examples, motion of the first set can be subsequently ignored.
In some examples, the motion of the one or more maxima may be compared to motion of one or more of the plurality of contacts. One or more of the plurality of contacts may be determined to be relatively stationary compared to the one or more maxima in a manner as discussed above. Subsequent motion of the contacts determined to be relatively stationary may be subsequently. In some examples, a liftoff of the currently-selected set of contacts may be detected. In such a case, if the only remaining contacts have been determined to be relatively stationary, then the gesture operation may be ended and/or the motion of the remaining contacts may be subsequently ignored.
The embodiments described herein can be implemented by hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software. The software can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium is any data storage device that can store data which can thereafter be read by a computer system. Examples of the computer readable medium include read-only memory, random-access memory, CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic tape, optical data storage devices, and carrier waves. The computer readable medium can also be distributed over network-coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.
While this invention has been described in terms of several embodiments, there are alterations, permutations, and equivalents, which fall within the scope of this invention. For example, although the invention is primarily directed at touch devices, it should be noted that the invention may also be implemented with proximity sensing devices. In addition, methods may be implemented to automatically synching gesture preferences across multiple devices. For example, when a palm device is connected to a host computer. It should also be noted that there are many alternative ways of implementing the methods and apparatuses of the present invention. For example, although the invention has been primarily directed at methods associated with multipoint sensing devices, it should be noted that some of the methods may be directed at single point sensing devices. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims be interpreted as including all such alterations, permutations, and equivalents as fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.
This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/700,636, filed on Jan. 30, 2007, entitled “GESTURING WITH A MULTIPOINT SENSING DEVICE”, which claims priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/763,605, filed Jan. 30, 2006, and entitled “GESTURING WITH A MULTIPOINT SENSING DEVICE,” all of which are herein incorporated by reference. This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/903,964, filed on Jul. 30, 2004, entitled “GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES,” and which is herein incorporated by reference. This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/015,434, filed on Dec. 17, 2004, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING MANUAL INPUT,” which has been issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,339,580, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/236,513, which has been issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,323,846, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/072,509 filed Jan. 26, 1998, all of which are herein incorporated by reference. This application is also related to the following patent applications, each of which is herein incorporated by reference: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/654,108, filed Sep. 2, 2003, entitled “AMBIDEXTROUS MOUSE;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/789,676, filed Feb. 27, 2004, entitled “SHAPE DETECTING INPUT DEVICE;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, filed May 6, 2004, entitled “MULTIPOINT TOUCHSCREEN;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/115,539, filed Apr. 26, 2005, entitled “HAND HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE TOUCH SENSING DEVICES;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/241,839, filed Jul. 30, 2004, entitled “PROXIMITY DETECTOR IN HANDHELD DEVICE;” U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/658,777, filed Mar. 4, 2005, entitled “MULTI-FUNCTIONAL HAND-HELD DEVICE;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/903,964, filed Jul. 30, 2004, entitled “GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, filed Jan. 18, 2005, entitled “MODE-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264, filed Jan. 31, 2005, entitled “GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,737, filed Sep. 16, 2005, entitled “ACTIVATING VIRTUAL KEYS OF A TOUCH-SCREEN VIRTUAL KEYBOARD;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,758, filed Sep. 16, 2005, entitled “VIRTUAL INPUT DEVICE PLACEMENT ON A TOUCH SCREEN USER INTERFACE;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,700, filed Sep. 16, 2005, entitled “OPERATION OF A COMPUTER WITH TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/927,925, filed Aug. 26, 2004, entitled “VISUAL EXPANDER;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/927,575, filed Aug. 25, 2004, entitled “WIDE TOUCHPAD ON A PORTABLE COMPUTER;” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/619,553, filed Jan. 3, 2007, entitled “MULTI-TOUCH GESTURE DICTIONARY;” and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/619,571, filed Jan. 3, 2007, entitled “MULTI-TOUCH GESTURE DICTIONARY.”
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