Patent Grant
10268367
One of the challenges that continues to face designers of devices having user-engageable displays, such as touch displays, pertains to providing enhanced functionality for users, without necessarily permanently manifesting the functionality as part of the “chrome” of a device's user interface. This is so, not only with devices having larger or multiple screens, but also in the context of devices having a smaller footprint, such as tablet PCs, hand-held devices, smaller multi-screen devices and the like.
This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
Bezel gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, the bezel of a device is used to extend functionality that is accessible through the use of so-called bezel gestures. In at least some embodiments, off-screen motion can be used, by virtue of the bezel, to create screen input through a bezel gesture. Bezel gestures can include single-finger bezel gestures, multiple-finger/same-hand bezel gestures, and/or multiple-finger, different-hand bezel gestures.
The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying figures. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The use of the same reference numbers in different instances in the description and the figures may indicate similar or identical items.
Overview
Bezel gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, the bezel of a device is used to extend functionality that is accessible through the use of so-called bezel gestures. In at least some embodiments, off-screen motion can be used, by virtue of the bezel, to create screen input through a bezel gesture. Bezel gestures can include single-finger bezel gestures, multiple-finger/same-hand bezel gestures, and/or multiple-finger, different-hand bezel gestures.
In the following discussion, a variety of different implementations are described that involve bezel gestures, or gestures associated with bezel gestures, to initiate and/or implement functions on a computing device. In this way, a user may readily access enhanced functions of a computing device in an efficient and intuitive manner.
In the following discussion, an example environment is first described that is operable to employ the gesture techniques described herein. Example illustrations of the gestures and procedures are then described, which may be employed in the example environment, as well as in other environments. Accordingly, the example environment is not limited to performing the example gestures and the gestures are not limited to implementation in the example environment.
Example Environment
Computing device 102 includes a bezel 103 that forms part of the device's housing. The bezel is made up of the frame structure adjacent the device's display, also referred to as display device 108 below. Computing device 102 includes a gesture module 104 and a bezel gesture module 105 that forms part of the gesture module 104. The gesture modules can be implemented in connection with any suitable type of hardware, software, firmware or combination thereof. In at least some embodiments, the gesture modules are implemented in software that resides on some type of tangible, computer-readable medium examples of which are provided below.
Gesture module 104 and bezel gesture module 105 are representative of functionality that recognizes gestures and bezel gestures, respectively, and causes operations to be performed that correspond to the gestures. The gestures may be recognized by modules 104, 105 in a variety of different ways. For example, the gesture module 104 may be configured to recognize a touch input, such as a finger of a user's hand 106a as proximal to display device 108 of the computing device 102 using touchscreen functionality. In addition, bezel gesture module 105 can be configured to recognize a touch input, such as a finger of a user's hand 106b, that initiates a gesture on or adjacent bezel 103 and proceeds onto display device 108. Any suitable technology can be utilized to sense an input on or adjacent bezel 103. For example, in at least some embodiments, the digitizer or sensing elements associated with display device 108 can extend underneath bezel 103. In this instance, technologies such as capacitive field technologies, as well as others, can be utilized to sense the user's input on or adjacent to the bezel 103.
Alternately or additionally, in embodiments in which display device 108 does not extend underneath bezel 103, but rather lies flush with the bezel, bezel gesture module 105 can detect the changing contact profile of the user's finger as it emerges onto display device 108 from bezel 103. Alternately or additionally, approaches that utilize the centroid of the user's touch profile can be utilized to detect a changing centroid contact profile that is suggestive of a bezel gesture. Further, techniques for fingerprint sensing can be employed. Specifically, if the sensing substrate is sensitive enough to determine ridges of the finger or fingers contacting the display, then the orientation of the finger(s) as well as the fact that the fingerprint is clipped by the bezel can be detected. Needless to say, any number of different techniques can be utilized to sense a user's input relative to the bezel 103. The touch input may also be recognized as including attributes (e.g., movement, selection point, etc.) that are usable to differentiate the touch input from other touch inputs recognized by the gesture modules 104, 105. This differentiation may then serve as a basis to identify a gesture from the touch inputs and consequently an operation that is to be performed based on identification of the gesture. This yields the general benefit that gestures that start from the bezel and enter onto the screen are, in general, distinguishable from other ostensibly similar gestures that access on-screen content, since there is no reason for users to position their fingers starting partially or fully off-screen if their intent is to interact with something on the screen. Hence, normal direct manipulative gestures, even for objects near the screen boundaries, are still possible and do not interfere with bezel gestures and vice versa.
For example, a finger of the user's hand 106a is illustrated as selecting 110 an image 112 displayed by the display device 108. Selection 110 of the image 112 and subsequent movement of the finger of the user's hand 106a may be recognized by the gesture module 104. The gesture module 104 may then identify this recognized movement as indicating a “drag and drop” operation to change a location of the image 112 to a point in the display at which the finger of the user's hand 106a was lifted away from the display device 108. Thus, recognition of the touch input that describes selection of the image, movement of the selection point to another location, and then lifting of the finger of the user's hand 106a may be used to identify a gesture (e.g., drag-and-drop gesture) that is to initiate the drag-and-drop operation.
A variety of different types of gestures may be recognized by the gesture modules 104, 105 such as gestures that are recognized from a single type of input (e.g., touch gestures such as the previously described drag-and-drop gesture) as well as gestures involving multiple types of inputs. For example, modules 104, 105 can be utilized to recognize single-finger gestures and bezel gestures, multiple-finger/same-hand gestures and bezel gestures, and/or multiple-finger/different-hand gestures and bezel gestures.
For example, the computing device 102 may be configured to detect and differentiate between a touch input (e.g., provided by one or more fingers of the user's hand 106a, 106b) and a stylus input (e.g., provided by a stylus 116). The differentiation may be performed in a variety of ways, such as by detecting an amount of the display device 108 that is contacted by the finger of the user's hand 106 versus an amount of the display device 108 that is contacted by the stylus 116.
Thus, the gesture modules 104, 105 may support a variety of different gesture techniques through recognition and leverage of a division between stylus and touch inputs, as well as different types of touch inputs.
Accordingly, the gesture modules 104, 105 may support a variety of different gestures. Examples of gestures described herein include a single-finger gesture 118, a single-finger bezel gesture 120, a multiple-finger/same-hand gesture 122, a multiple-finger/same-hand bezel gesture 124, a multiple-finger/different hand gesture 126, and a multiple-finger/different-hand bezel gesture 128. Each of these different types of bezel gestures is described below.
In one embodiment, this interconnection architecture enables functionality to be delivered across multiple devices to provide a common and seamless experience to the user of the multiple devices. Each of the multiple devices may have different physical requirements and capabilities, and the central computing device uses a platform to enable the delivery of an experience to the device that is both tailored to the device and yet common to all devices. In one embodiment, a “class” of target device is created and experiences are tailored to the generic class of devices. A class of device may be defined by physical features or usage or other common characteristics of the devices. For example, as previously described the computing device 102 may be configured in a variety of different ways, such as for mobile 202, computer 204, and television 206 uses. Each of these configurations has a generally corresponding screen size and thus the computing device 102 may be configured as one of these device classes in this example system 200. For instance, the computing device 102 may assume the mobile 202 class of device which includes mobile telephones, music players, game devices, and so on. The computing device 102 may also assume a computer 204 class of device that includes personal computers, laptop computers, netbooks, and so on. The television 206 configuration includes configurations of device that involve display in a casual environment, e.g., televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, and so on. Thus, the techniques described herein are may be supported by these various configurations of the computing device 102 and are not limited to the specific examples described in the following sections.
Cloud 208 is illustrated as including a platform 210 for web services 212. The platform 210 abstracts underlying functionality of hardware (e.g., servers) and software resources of the cloud 208 and thus may act as a “cloud operating system.” For example, the platform 210 may abstract resources to connect the computing device 102 with other computing devices. The platform 210 may also serve to abstract scaling of resources to provide a corresponding level of scale to encountered demand for the web services 212 that are implemented via the platform 210. A variety of other examples are also contemplated, such as load balancing of servers in a server farm, protection against malicious parties (e.g., spam, viruses, and other malware), and so on.
Thus, the cloud 208 is included as a part of the strategy that pertains to software and hardware resources that are made available to the computing device 102 via the Internet or other networks. For example, the gesture modules 104, 105 may be implemented in part on the computing device 102 as well as via a platform 210 that supports web services 212.
For example, the gesture techniques supported by the gesture modules may be detected using touchscreen functionality in the mobile configuration 202, track pad functionality of the computer 204 configuration, detected by a camera as part of support of a natural user interface (NUI) that does not involve contact with a specific input device, and so on. Further, performance of the operations to detect and recognize the inputs to identify a particular gesture may be distributed throughout the system 200, such as by the computing device 102 and/or the web services 212 supported by the platform 210 of the cloud 208.
Generally, any of the functions described herein can be implemented using software, firmware, hardware (e.g., fixed logic circuitry), manual processing, or a combination of these implementations. The terms “module,” “functionality,” and “logic” as used herein generally represent software, firmware, hardware, or a combination thereof. In the case of a software implementation, the module, functionality, or logic represents program code that performs specified tasks when executed on a processor (e.g., CPU or CPUs). The program code can be stored in one or more computer readable memory devices. The features of the gesture techniques described below are platform-independent, meaning that the techniques may be implemented on a variety of commercial computing platforms having a variety of processors.
In the discussion that follows, various sections describe example bezel gestures and gestures associated with bezel gestures. A first section entitled “Use of Bezel as an Input Mechanism” describes embodiments in which a computing device's bezel can be used as an input mechanism. Following this, a section entitled “Using Off-Screen Motion to Create On-Screen Input” describes how a motion away from a device's screen can be utilized, through gestures, to create on-screen input. Next, a section entitled “Use of Multiple Fingers for Gesturing” describes how multiple fingers can be utilized to provide gestural input. Following this section, a section entitled “Radial Menus” describes embodiments in which radial menus can be utilized to provide a robust collection of input options. Next, a section entitled “On and Off Screen Gestures and Combinations—Page/Object Manipulation” describes various types of gestures and combinations that can be utilized to manipulate pages and/or objects. Last, a section entitled “Example Device” describes aspects of an example device that can be utilized to implement one or more embodiments.
Use of Bezel as an Input Mechanism
In one or more embodiments, the bezel of a device can be utilized as an input mechanism. For example, in instances in which the display device extends under the bezel, a user's finger or other input mechanism can be sensed when it hovers over or physically engages the bezel. Alternately or additionally, the bezel can include sensing mechanisms, such as infrared mechanisms as well as others, that sense a user's finger or other input mechanism hovering over or physically engaging the bezel. Any combination of inputs relative to the bezel can be used. For example, to provide various inputs to the device, the bezel can be tapped one or more times, held, slid over, hovered over and/or any combination of these or other inputs.
As an example, consider the following. Many selection, manipulation, and context menu activation schemes utilize a distinction between a device's background canvas and objects that appear on the canvas. Using the bezel as an input mechanism can provide a way to access a page in the background canvas, even if the page itself is covered by many closely-spaced objects. For example, tapping on the bezel may provide a mechanism to deselect all objects. Holding on the bezel could be used to trigger a context menu on the page. As an example, consider
Alternately or additionally, in at least some embodiments, a visual affordance can be utilized to provide a hint or indication of accessible functionality associated with the bezel. Specifically, a visual affordance can be utilized to indicate functionality that is accessible by virtue of a bezel gesture. Any suitable type of visual affordance can be utilized. As an example, consider again
In this particular example, the additional functionality associated with semi-transparent strip 304 resides in the form of a so-called bezel menu which is accessible using a bezel gesture. Specifically, in one or more embodiments, the bezel menu can be accessed through a gesture in which a finger of user's hand 306b touches the bezel and then moves across the bezel and onto the display device 308 in the direction of the illustrated arrow. This can allow the bezel menu to be dropped down as will be described in more detail below.
Accordingly, various embodiments can use the bezel itself as an input mechanism, as in the first example above. Alternately or additionally, various other embodiments can use the bezel in connection with a visual affordance that provides a clue to the user that additional functionality can be accessed by virtue of a bezel gesture.
Step 400 receives an input associated with a bezel. Any suitable type of input can be received, examples of which are provided above. Step 402 accesses functionality associated with the received input. Any suitable type of functionality can be accessed. By virtue of providing a variety of different types of recognizable inputs (e.g., taps, tap combinations, tap/hold combinations, slides, etc), and mapping those recognizable inputs to different types of functionalities, a robust collection of user input mechanisms can be provided.
Step 500 displays a visual affordance on a display device associated with a computing device. Any suitable type of visual affordance can be utilized, an example of which is provided above. Step 502 receives a bezel gesture input relative to the visual affordance. Any suitable type of bezel gesture input can be utilized. Step 504 accesses functionality associated with the received bezel gesture input. Any suitable type of functionality can be accessed, an example of which is provided above and described in more detail below.
Having considered examples in which the bezel can be used as an input mechanism, consider now various embodiments that can utilize off-screen or off-display motion to create screen or display input.
Using Off-Screen Motion to Create On-Screen Input
In at least some embodiments, off-screen to on-screen motion (or vice versa) can be utilized as a mechanism to expose a menu or to access some other type of functionality. The off-screen motion or input can be provided, as indicated above, relative to the device's bezel. Any suitable type of bezel gesture input can be provided in order to effectuate the off-screen to on-screen motion. For example, bezel gestures or inputs can, by way of example and not limitation, start or end on the bezel, cross or recross the bezel, cross at different locations of the bezel (e.g., the corners, or particular ranges of coordinates along a particular edge), and/or occur on one or more bezels associated with multiple screens (with the possibility of different semantics depending on the screen or edge thereof). Further, bezel inputs can include, by way of example and not limitation, a single-contact drag (finger or pen), two-contact drag (two fingers), and/or a hand-contact drag (multiple fingers/whole hand/multiple or single fingers on different hands). For example, pinch gestures from off-screen space (i.e. originating on the bezel) can be utilized and mapped to different functionalities. For example, bezel gestures with multiple contacts entering from different edges of the screen can have different semantics. Specifically, two fingers entering from adjacent edges of the bezel (i.e. spanning a corner) might be mapped to a zoom out operation that zooms out on a page to show an extended workspace or canvas. Two fingers entering from opposite edges, with either one hand (if the screen is small enough), or two hands (one finger from each hand) can be mapped to a different functionality. Multiple fingers entering on one edge of the bezel and one finger entering from an adjacent or opposite edge of the bezel might be mapped to a different functionality. Additionally, multiple fingers entering from two or more edges can further be mapped to additional functionality.
As another example, consider
In one or more embodiments, the bezel menu can be accessed through a bezel gesture in which a finger of user's hand 606 touches the bezel and then moves across the bezel and onto the display device 608 in the direction of the illustrated arrow. This can allow bezel menu 610 to be dropped down at which time it can become fully opaque.
In the illustrated and described embodiment, bezel menu 610 includes multiple selectable icons or slots 612, 614, 616, 618, and 620. Each of the icons or slots is associated with a different functionality such as, for example, paint functionality, pen functionality, note functionality, object creation, object editing, and the like. It is to be appreciated and understood, that any type of functionality can be associated with the icons or slots.
In the illustrated and described environment, bezel menu 610 can enable a user to access and activate commands, tools, and objects. The bezel menu can be configured to respond to both touch input and pen input. Alternately or additionally, the bezel menu can be configured to respond only to touch input.
In at least some embodiments, different gestural modes can be utilized to access functionality associated with the bezel menu 610. For example, one gestural mode can be a novice mode, and another gestural mode can be an expert mode.
In the novice mode, after the user gestures to reveal the bezel menu 610, the user can lift their finger, whereupon the bezel menu can remain open for a configurable interval (or indefinitely). The user may then tap on a desired item associated with one of the icons or slots 612, 614, 616, 618, and 620. Through this gesture, the functionality associated with a particular icon or slot can be accessed. For example, tapping on a particular icon or slot may cause an object to be created on the canvas associated with display device 608. In at least some embodiments, in the novice mode, objects that are accessed from the bezel menu appear in default locations on the canvas. The user may close the bezel menu by sliding it back off of the screen (an on-screen-to-offscreen gesture) or by tapping outside of the bezel menu, without activating any function.
In the expert mode, once the user is familiar with the location of commonly used items accessible from the bezel menu, the user can perform a continuous finger-drag that crosses through the slot or icon and onto the canvas to create and drag an associated object (or tool, or interface mode) to a specific desired position or path, in a single transaction. The user can then let go of the object and interact with it. As an example, consider
In at least some other embodiments, in the expert mode, the bezel menu may not necessarily be revealed at all in order to access functionality associated with an icon or slot. Rather, a bezel gesture that crosses the visual affordance at a location that corresponds to a particular icon or slot may access functionality associated with the icon or slot. As an example, consider
As but one example of how this can work in accordance with one embodiment, consider the following. When the finger is observed to cross from the screen bezel into a slot of the bezel menu, a timer is started. No other immediate visual feedback occurs. When the timer expires, if the finger is still in the region occupied by the bezel menu, the bezel menu slides out and tracks with the user's finger. When the user's finger lifts inside the bezel menu area, it stays posted. This is the novice mode described above. The user can lift a finger to inspect all slots, and tap on the desired one to create the desired object (rather than dragging it). The user can also touch down and drag an item onto the canvas from the novice mode. If the finger has slid past a threshold distance or region, then the bezel menu remains closed but the function indicated by the slot that was crossed is activated, e.g. a post-it is created and starts following the user's finger. This is the expert mode described above. An implementation consideration is that the slot that is selected by the expert mode gesture can be determined by the location at which the finger crosses the screen edge.
In at least some embodiments, the bezel menu can be scrollable in order to provide access to the additional functionality. For example, the bezel menu can have left and right arrows on either side to enable scrollability. Alternately or additionally, a single or multi-finger drag that is orthogonal to the opening direction of the bezel menu can scroll it, without the need for any arrows.
In at least some embodiments, the bezel menu can create space for additional slots or icons. For example, by reducing the width of slots or icons that appear at the edge of the bezel menu, additional slots or icons can be added. As an example, consider
There, a device includes a bezel 903 and a bezel menu 910 that appears on display device 908. Additional slots or icons 912, 914 appear in the bezel menu 910. Notice that the slots or icons 912, 914 have a reduced width relative to other slots or icons. In this example, the width is reduced by about one half. In order to access objects associated with slots or icons 912, 914, a bezel gesture can be used that drags over the slot or icon from the side of the device as shown. In some embodiments, the corner slots or icons can have a special status. For example, the corner slots or icons may be permanently assigned to a particular functionality and may not be customizable.
Accordingly, bezel menus can be used to expose functionality to a user in a manner that does not permanently cause screen real estate to be occupied or require the use of a dedicated hardware button.
Step 1000 displays a visual affordance associated with an accessible bezel menu. An example of a suitable visual affordance is given above. Step 1002 receives a bezel gesture input relative to the visual affordance. Any suitable bezel gesture can be utilized, an example of which is provided above. Step 1004 presents, responsive to receiving the bezel gesture input, a bezel menu. Any suitable bezel menu can be utilized. In at least some embodiments, the bezel menu can be presented simply by virtue of receiving a bezel gesture without necessarily displaying a visual affordance. Alternately or additionally, the visual affordance may fade in when the user's finger or pen hovers above an associated bezel edge.
Step 1100 receives a gesture input. The input can be received relative to a bezel menu or a visual affordance associated with a bezel menu. Any suitable gesture input can be received. For example, the gesture input can comprise an input that does not use or incorporate the bezel. An example of this was provided above in the discussion of
The examples above illustrate gestures, including bezel gestures that utilize a single finger. In other embodiments, more than one finger can be utilized in connection with gestures including bezel gestures.
Use of Multiple Fingers for Gesturing
In one or more embodiments, multiple fingers can be utilized for gesturing, including bezel gesturing. The multiple fingers can reside on one hand or, collectively, on both hands. The use of multiple fingers can enable multiple numbers of touches to be mapped to different functionalities or objects associated with functionalities. For example, a two-finger gesture or bezel gesture might be mapped to a first functionality or a first object associated therewith, and a three-finger gesture or bezel gesture might be mapped to a second functionality or a second object associated therewith. As an example, consider
There, device 1202 includes a bezel 1203 and a visual affordance 1204 that is rendered on the display device. As noted above, visual affordance 1204, in the form of a semi-transparent strip, can be utilized to provide a hint or indication of accessible functionality, in this case a bezel menu 1210, associated with the bezel.
As noted above, the bezel menu 1210 can be accessed through a bezel gesture in which a finger of the user's hand touches the bezel and then moves across the bezel and onto the display device to drag the bezel menu down.
In one or more embodiments, bezel menu 1210 can be exposed and further extended into a drawer illustrated at 1212. In the illustrated and described embodiment, the following bezel gesture can be used to expose drawer 1212. First, a user touches down with one or more fingers on or near the bezel 1203. This is illustrated in the top-most portion of
In at least some embodiments, lifting the hand may leave the drawer open until it is later closed by way of a similar gesture in the opposite direction. In at least some embodiments, bezel menu 1210 can be customized using, for example, contents from drawer 1212. As an example, consider
There, a user can change the default assignment of tools and/or objects to the main bezel menu slots via a drag and drop operation. For example, in the top-most portion of
Alternately or additionally, the user can also drag content from the page or canvas into the drawer 1212. As an example, consider
It is to be appreciated and understood that while one drawer has been described above, various other embodiments can utilize multiple drawers. For example, other edges of the display device can be associated with different drawers. These different drawers may hold different tools, objects, or other content. On dual or multiple-screen devices, the drawers for each screen edge may be identical or may be differentiated. In at least some embodiments, the multiple drawers may also be accessed on each screen edge by sliding orthogonal to the direction that the drawer is opened. This can be done either by a single touch, and/or multiple touches. If the bezel menu extends all the way to the screen edges, it can also be done by a bezel gesture from the orthogonal edge.
In the embodiment described just above, multiple touches were used to access drawer 1212. Specifically, as illustrated in
Step 1500 receives multiple-finger gesture input. Any suitable type of gesture can be utilized including, by way of example and not limitation, bezel gesture input such as that described above. Step 1502 ascertains a functionality associated with the multiple-finger gesture input. Examples of functionalities are described above. Step 1504 accesses the ascertained functionality. Examples of how this can be done are described above.
Step 1600 receives a bezel gesture input. Examples of bezel gesture inputs are described above. Step 1602 ascertains a functionality associated with the bezel gesture input. In this particular embodiment, the functionality associated with the bezel gesture input is one that is associated with accessing one or more drawers. Step 1604 exposes one or more drawers for the user. Examples of how this can be done are described above.
Radial Menus
In at least some embodiments, so-called radial menus can be utilized in connection with menus such as bezel menus. Although radial menus are described, other types of menus can be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed subject matter. For example, pull down menus can be used in conjunction with bezel menus. One of the general ideas associated with radial menus is that a user can touch down at a certain location and stroke or slide their finger a certain direction to access and implement a particular functionality or menu command. The presence of a radial menu can be indicated by a small icon associated with a larger icon or slot of the bezel menu. As an example, consider
There, device 1702 includes a bezel 1703 and a bezel menu 1710 that has been exposed on display device 1708 as described above. In the illustrated and described embodiment, bezel menu 1710 includes multiple selectable icons or slots, one of which is designated at 1712. Each of the icons or slots is associated with a different functionality such as, for example, paint functionality, pen functionality, note functionality, object creation, object editing, and the like. It is to be appreciated and understood, that any type of functionality can be associated with the icons or slots.
As noted above, bezel menu 1710 can enable a user to access and activate commands, tools, and objects. The bezel menu can be configured to respond to both touch input and pen input. Alternately or additionally, the bezel menu can be configured to respond only to touch input. In the illustrated and described embodiment, icon or slot 1712 includes a radial menu icon 1714 that gives a clue to the user that one or more radial menus, for example radial menu 1715, is associated with this particular icon or slot. In the illustrated and described embodiment, the radial menu 1715 can be accessed in any suitable way, e.g. through a pen or touch. For example, in at least some embodiments, the radial menu 1715 can be accessed by hovering a pen over or near radial menu icon 1714. Alternately or additionally, a pen or finger can be used to pull down the radial menu 1715. Alternately or additionally, the radial menus 1715 can be accessed through a tap-and-hold of the pen or finger on or near the radial menu icon 1714. In some embodiments, tapping on the radial menu icon triggers a default action which may or may not be different than the action associated with tapping on the bezel menu slot.
Once the radial menu 1715 is exposed, the user can access various functionalities or commands by touching down on or near radial menu icon 1714 and stroking in a particular direction. In the illustrated and described embodiment, five different directions are indicated by the arrows. Each direction corresponds to a different functionality or command. Each functionality or command is represented, in the drawing, by a cross-hatched square. In at least some embodiments, each icon or slot 1712 has a default functionality or command. By selecting a particular radial menu functionality or command, the default functionality or command may be replaced by the selected functionality or command.
In at least some embodiments, the number of options presented by a radial menu can change depending on the location of the corresponding slot or icon with which the radial menu is associated. For example, in the illustrated and described embodiment, slot or icon 1712 includes five options for the user. Radial menus associated with slots or icons that appear at the ends of the bezel menu 1710 may have fewer options due to spacing constraints. Alternately or additionally, radial menus associated with slots or icons that appear as part of an exposed drawer may have more selectable options.
In at least some embodiments, radial menus can be implemented to include both a novice mode and an expert mode. In the novice mode, the radial menu can be fully exposed to enable users who are unfamiliar with its accessible functionalities or commands to be visually guided through the selection process. In the expert mode, intended for users who are familiar with the content and behavior of radial menus, the radial menu might not be exposed at all. Rather, a quick touch-and-stroke gesture associated with an icon or slot, such as icon 1712, may enable the radial menu's functionality or command to be accessed directly.
Step 1800 presents a bezel menu. Examples of bezel menus are provided above. Step 1802 provides an indication of one or more radial menus associated with the bezel menu. In the illustrated and described embodiment, the indication resides in the form of a radial menu icon that appears on a slot or icon of the bezel menu. Step 1804 receives user input associated with one of the radial menus. Examples of how this can be done are provided above. For example, in at least some embodiments, a radial menu can be visually presented to the user so that the user can then touch and stroke in a particular direction to provide the input. Alternately or additionally, a radial menu need not necessarily be visually presented. Rather, a user who is familiar with the radial menu's content and behavior can correspondingly gesture, as described above, to provide the input. Step 1806 accesses, responsive to the received user input, and the associated functionality or command.
In one or more embodiments, the bezel menu may or may not be rotated when the screen orientation is rotated. For example, in some instances it may be desirable to not rotate a bezel menu when the screen orientation is rotated. This may be particularly relevant in applications where the content should not be rotated, e.g., a journal page or a sketch pad where the user rotates the screen to afford different drawing angles. In other instances, it may be desirable to rotate the bezel menu when the screen orientation is rotated. By default, it may be desirable to support the same number of bezel menu slots on all four edges of the screen so that menu items can be rotated from the long edge or screen to the short edge of the screen without losing some items.
Alternately or additionally, bezel menus can be customizable per screen orientation to enable different numbers of slots to be used on the long and short edges of the screen. In some instances, some edges of the screen may be left without bezel items depending on the screen orientation. For example, the left and bottom edges, for a right-handed individual, may be more likely to be swiped by accident, and may be left without bezel menus if desired.
On and Off Screen Gestures and Combinations—Page/Object Manipulation
In one or more embodiments, on and off screen gesture combinations can be utilized to manipulate pages and/or other objects. For example, combinations of on and off screen gestures can include gestures in which input is received on the screen relative to an object using one hand, and additional input in the form of a bezel gesture is received relative to the object using the same or a different hand. Any suitable type of gesture combinations can be used. As an example, consider
There, a device 1902 includes a bezel 1903. A page 1904 is displayed on the display device (not designated). In the illustrated and described embodiment, a tear operation is performed using a combination of on and off screen gestures. Specifically, in the bottommost portion of
In one or more other embodiments, a tear operation can be implemented using multiple fingers. In these embodiments, the multiple finger input can be mapped to an operation that completely tears a page out of the canvas or book in which the page appears.
In at least some embodiments, the direction of tearing can carry with it different semantics. For example, a top-to-bottom tear may tear out and delete a page. A bottom-to-top tear may tear out and allow dragging of the page to a new location.
Step 2000 receives on-screen input associated with an object. Any suitable type of on-screen input can be received including, by way of example and not limitation, single-finger input and/or multiple-finger input. Step 2002 receives a bezel gesture input associated with the object. Any suitable type of bezel gesture input can be received including, by way of example and not limitation, single-finger input and/or multiple-finger input. Step 2004 ascertains functionality associated with both inputs. Step 2006 accesses the associated functionality. Any suitable type of functionality can be associated with the combination of on-screen and bezel gesture inputs, an example of which is provided above.
Other page manipulations can be provided through the use of gestures, including bezel gestures. For example, page flipping and page saving (also termed “page pocketing”) can be provided as described below.
As an example, consider
In one or more embodiments, the semantics of page flipping gestures can vary from that described above. For example, in some instances a page flipping gesture can be initiated as described above. However, if the user pauses with their finger on the screen, multiple pages can be flipped through. Alternately or additionally, pausing the finger on the screen in the middle of a page flipping gesture can cause additional controls, such as section tabs, command palettes, or a bezel menu to appear.
Alternately or additionally, in at least some embodiments, the further a user's finger progresses across the screen, the more pages can be flipped. Alternately or additionally, multiple pages can be flipped by initiating the page flipping gesture as described above, and then moving the finger in a circular motion, either clockwise or counterclockwise. In this instance, clockwise motion would represent forward flipping, and counterclockwise motion would represent backwards flipping. In this implementation, a circle may be fitted to the last N samples of motion. The speed of motion can be a function of the diameter of the circle. Note that in this implementation, the user does not have to circle around any particular location on the screen, or even to draw a well formed circle at all. Rather, any curvilinear motion can get mapped to page flipping in an intuitive manner, while also allowing the user to easily stop and reverse course to flip in the opposite direction.
In at least some embodiments, a similar gesture can be used to save or “pocket” a page. In these embodiments, rather than the gesture terminating on the screen, as in the page flipping example, the gesture can terminate on a bezel portion or other structure that lies across the screen from where the gesture originated. As an example, consider
There, a device 2202 includes a bezel 2203 and a page 2204. As shown in the bottommost portion of
As shown in the bottommost portion of
In one or more embodiments, portions of pages can be saved or pocketed. As an example, consider
As shown in the bottommost portion of
Step 2500 receives bezel gesture input relative to a page. Step 2502 ascertains page manipulation functionality associated with the input. Any suitable type of page manipulation functionality can be ascertained, examples of which are provided above. Step 2504 accesses the ascertained page manipulation functionality.
Step 2600 receives on-screen input relative to a page. Any suitable type of input can be received. In at least some embodiments, the received screen input comprises a touch input or a stylus input. Step 2602 receives a bezel gesture input relative to the page. Any suitable type of bezel gesture input can be received, examples of which are provided above. Step 2604 ascertains page manipulation functionality associated with the combined input. Examples of page manipulation functionality are provided above. Step 2606 accesses the ascertained page manipulation functionality for purposes of implementing the functionality relative to the page.
Thus, page flipping and page saving operations can be unified through the use of bezel gestures that included at least some common aspects. Unification of these two operations yields simplicity and facilitates discoverability for users.
In one or more embodiments, other page manipulation operations can be implemented through the use of bezel gestures. As an example, consider
Alternately or additionally, bezel gestures can be utilized to dog-ear a page. As an example, consider
In one or more embodiments, gestures can be utilized to expose tabs such as user-created or predefined tabs in a document. As an example, consider
In one or more embodiments, continuing to drag the page can reveal further structure. For example, continuing to drag the page can expose a table organizational view to the left of page 2904. In at least some embodiments, continuing the gesture across the entire page can save or pocket the entire page as described above.
Step 3000 receives a bezel gesture input relative to a page. Step 3002 creates a bookmark tab relative to the page, responsive to receiving the bezel gesture input. Examples of how this can be done are provided above.
Step 3100 receives a bezel gesture input relative to a page. Step 3102 creates a dog-ear on the page, responsive to receiving the bezel gesture input.
Examples of how this can be done are provided above.
Step 3200 receives a bezel gesture input relative to a page. Step 3202 exposes tab structure associated with the page. Examples of how this can be done are provided above.
Example Device
Device 3300 also includes communication interfaces 3308 that can be implemented as any one or more of a serial and/or parallel interface, a wireless interface, any type of network interface, a modem, and as any other type of communication interface. The communication interfaces 3308 provide a connection and/or communication links between device 3300 and a communication network by which other electronic, computing, and communication devices communicate data with device 3300.
Device 3300 includes one or more processors 3310 (e.g., any of microprocessors, controllers, and the like) which process various computer-executable or readable instructions to control the operation of device 3300 and to implement the gesture embodiments described above. Alternatively or in addition, device 3300 can be implemented with any one or combination of hardware, firmware, or fixed logic circuitry that is implemented in connection with processing and control circuits which are generally identified at 3312. Although not shown, device 3300 can include a system bus or data transfer system that couples the various components within the device. A system bus can include any one or combination of different bus structures, such as a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, a universal serial bus, and/or a processor or local bus that utilizes any of a variety of bus architectures.
Device 3300 also includes computer-readable media 3314, such as one or more memory components, examples of which include random access memory (RAM), non-volatile memory (e.g., any one or more of a read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, EPROM, EEPROM, etc.), and a disk storage device. A disk storage device may be implemented as any type of magnetic or optical storage device, such as a hard disk drive, a recordable and/or rewriteable compact disc (CD), any type of a digital versatile disc (DVD), and the like. Device 3300 can also include a mass storage media device 3316.
Computer-readable media 3314 provides data storage mechanisms to store the device data 3304, as well as various device applications 3318 and any other types of information and/or data related to operational aspects of device 3300. For example, an operating system 3320 can be maintained as a computer application with the computer-readable media 3314 and executed on processors 3310. The device applications 3318 can include a device manager (e.g., a control application, software application, signal processing and control module, code that is native to a particular device, a hardware abstraction layer for a particular device, etc.). The device applications 3318 also include any system components or modules to implement embodiments of the gesture techniques described herein. In this example, the device applications 3318 include an interface application 3322 and a gesture-capture driver 3324 that are shown as software modules and/or computer applications. The gesture-capture driver 3324 is representative of software that is used to provide an interface with a device configured to capture a gesture, such as a touchscreen, track pad, camera, and so on. Alternatively or in addition, the interface application 3322 and the gesture-capture driver 3324 can be implemented as hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof.
Device 3300 also includes an audio and/or video input-output system 3326 that provides audio data to an audio system 3328 and/or provides video data to a display system 3330. The audio system 3328 and/or the display system 3330 can include any devices that process, display, and/or otherwise render audio, video, and image data. Video signals and audio signals can be communicated from device 3300 to an audio device and/or to a display device via an RF (radio frequency) link, S-video link, composite video link, component video link, DVI (digital video interface), analog audio connection, or other similar communication link. In an embodiment, the audio system 3328 and/or the display system 3330 are implemented as external components to device 3300. Alternatively, the audio system 3328 and/or the display system 3330 are implemented as integrated components of example device 3300.
Bezel gestures for touch displays have been described. In at least some embodiments, the bezel of a device is used to extend functionality that is accessible through the use of bezel gestures. In at least some embodiments, off-screen motion can be used, by virtue of the bezel, to create screen input through a bezel gesture. Bezel gestures can include single-finger bezel gestures, multiple-finger/same-hand bezel gestures, and/or multiple-finger, different-hand bezel gestures.
Although the embodiments have been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the embodiments defined in the appended claims are not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described. Rather, the specific features and acts are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claimed embodiments.
This application is a Continuation of, and claims benefit from, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/709,301 that was filed on Feb. 19, 2010, and that is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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