Graphical user interface (GUI) manipulation using hand gestures over a hovering keyboard
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsSrinivas Kamepalli, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Abstract
Systems and methods for enabling a Graphical User Interface (GUI) manipulation using hand gestures over a hovering keyboard are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: detect a hand gesture using proximity sensors disposed on a hovering keyboard coupled to the IHS, and manipulate a task map rendered on a display coupled to the IHS in response to the detection.
Claims16
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to:
- render a task map on a display coupled to the IHS, the task map comprising a plurality of items each representing a specific task to be performed by the IHS when its respective item is selected, wherein each of the plurality of items are simultaneously displayed on the display, wherein the specific tasks corresponding to the plurality of items are different from one another, and wherein each of a plurality of items are grouped in two or more layers;
- detect a hand inclination gesture of a hand using proximity sensors disposed on a hovering keyboard coupled to the IHS;
- and
- manipulate the task map by adjusting a separation between each layer to be proportional to a detected angle of inclination of the hand.
A method, comprising:
- rendering a task map on a display coupled to the IHS, the task map comprising a plurality of items each representing a specific task to be performed by the IHS when its respective item is selected, wherein each of the plurality of items are simultaneously displayed on the display, wherein the specific tasks corresponding to the plurality of items are different from one another, and wherein each of a plurality of items are grouped in two or more layers;
- detecting a hand inclination gesture of a hand using proximity sensors disposed on a hovering keyboard coupled to an Information Handling System (IHS);
- and
- manipulating the task map by adjusting a separation between each layer to be proportional to a detected angle of inclination of the hand.
A hardware memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor of an Information Handling System (IHS), cause the IHS to:
- render a task map on a display coupled to the IHS, the task map comprising a plurality of items each representing a specific task to be performed by the IHS when its respective item is selected, wherein each of the plurality of items are simultaneously displayed on the display, wherein the specific tasks corresponding to the plurality of items are different from one another, and wherein each of a plurality of items are grouped in two or more layers;
- detect a hand inclination gesture of a hand using proximity sensors disposed on a hovering keyboard coupled to the IHS;
- and
- manipulate the task map by adjusting a separation between each layer to be proportional to a detected angle of inclination of the hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.