System and method for zooming an object through spiral interaction
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorTimothy Brooke
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Abstract
A system and method for zooming an object through a spiral movement of a pointer. The method provides three-dimensional interaction with an object in response to a two-dimensional pointer input. The method includes monitoring pointer movements to determine whether a movement indicates a spiral movement. When a spiral movement is determined an object is zoomed. A clockwise spiral movement may zoom an object inwardly and a counterclockwise movement may zoom an object outwardly. A non-spiral movement may pan the object.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for interacting with an object through spiral interaction, comprising:
- monitoring pointer movements;
- determining when the pointer movements indicate a spiral input;
- and
- zooming the object when the spiral input is indicated.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing operations to provide three-dimensional interaction with a two-dimensional input, the operations comprising:
- determining when a pointer movement indicates a spiral input;
- and
- zooming an object associated with the pointer movement when the pointer movement indicates a spiral input.
A computing apparatus for zooming an object through spiral interaction, comprising:
- a monitor means for monitoring pointer movements;
- an interpreter means for identifying a spiral movement from the pointer movements;
- and
- a zooming means for zooming the object when the spiral movement is indicated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.