Gesture response method and device

An apparatus, comprising:

• a touch sensing device including a touch sensor;
• and
• a controller coupled with the touch sensing device, the controller including:
• a processor;
• and
• a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;
• wherein the touch sensing device is configured to:
• when detecting that a finger swipes on the touch sensor and then stays at a contact point on the touch sensor for a time duration equal to a preset time duration, report a gesture-maintaining event to the controller;
• and
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• after receiving the reporting of the gesture-maintaining event from the touch sensing device and before receiving from the touch sensing device a message indicating that the finger leaves the contact point, execute, at a plurality of times separated by a preset time interval, an operation corresponding to a last swipe event reported by the touch sensing device, the last swipe event corresponding to the finger swiping on the touch sensor before stopping at the contact point,
• wherein the preset time interval corresponds to a setting of an application that is controlled by the swipe event, and different applications or different functions of an application have different preset time intervals.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a terminal device, cause the processor to perform a gesture response method, the method comprising:

• detecting a swipe event which corresponds to a finger swiping on a touch sensor of the terminal device before stopping at a contact point on the touch sensor;
• after the swipe event, detecting a time duration for which the finger stays at the contact point;
• when determining that the time duration reaches a preset time duration, determining a gesture-maintaining event has occurred;
• and
• after the gesture-maintaining event is determined and before the finger is detected to leave the contact point, repeatedly executing an operation corresponding to the swipe event at a plurality of times separated by a preset time interval,
• wherein the preset time interval corresponds to a setting of an application that is controlled by the swipe event, and different applications or different functions of an application have different preset time intervals.