Detecting gestures on multi-event sensitive devices
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsGreg Christie, Wayne Carl Westerman
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Abstract
A user interface method is disclosed. The method can include detecting gestures on or above a multi-event sensor panel and performing an action associated with detected gestures. Such action can include activating or changing a state of one or more GUI objects and emulate functions performed by a mouse or trackball input device.
Claims30
A user interface method, comprising:
- detecting a hover event above a multi-event sensor display;
- and
- enlarging a GUI object displayed in the multi-event sensitive display if the hover event is within a predefined proximity to the GUI object.
The method of claim 9, wherein enabling the GUI object includes opening an application associated with the GUI object.
A method performed on a computing device having a display and a multi-event sensing input device, the method comprising:
- displaying a GUI object having a first size;
- determining if an event is detected;
- displaying the GUI object having a second larger size when an event is detected within a predefined proximity of the GUI object;
- and
- terminating the displaying of the GUI object having the second larger size when one of the following occurs:
- (a) the event is no longer detected within the predefined proximity of the GUI object,
- (b) the event is no longer detected for a preset amount of time,
- (c) a certain amount of time has gone by since the step of enlarging, or
- (d) a user selection.
A computing system, comprising:
- a display device configured to display a graphical user interface;
- a multi-event sensor panel integrated with the display device, the multi-event sensitive device configured to detect multiple events occurring simultaneously over the display device;
- a processor operatively connected to the display device and the multi-event sensor panel, the processor capable of instructing the display device to initially display at least one GUI object having a first size and to display the GUI object having a second larger size in response to the multi-event sensor panel detecting a hover event within a predefined proximity to the displayed GUI object.
A mobile telephone, comprising:
- a display device configured to display a graphical user interface;
- a multi-event sensor panel positioned over the display device, the multi-event sensitive device configured to detect multiple events occurring simultaneously over the display device;
- a processor operatively connected to the display device and the multi-event sensor panel, the processor capable of instructing the display device to initially display at least one GUI object having a first size and to display the GUI object having a second larger size in response to the multi-event sensor panel detecting a hover event within a predefined proximity to the displayed GUI object.
A digital media player, comprising:
- a display device configured to display a graphical user interface;
- a multi-event sensor panel positioned over the display device, the multi-event sensitive device configured to detect multiple events occurring simultaneously over the display device;
- a processor operatively connected to the display device and the multi-event sensor panel, the processor capable of instructing the display device to initially display at least one GUI object having a first size and to display the GUI object having a second larger size in response to the multi-event sensor panel detecting a hover event within a predefined proximity to the displayed GUI object.
A program embodied in a computer-readable medium, said program containing executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a GUI object having a first size;
- displaying the GUI object having a second larger size when an event is detected within a predefined proximity of the GUI object;
- and
- terminating the displaying of the GUI object having the second larger size when one of the following occurs:
- (a) the event is no longer detected within the predefined proximity of the GUI object,
- (b) the event is no longer detected for a preset amount of time,
- (c) a predetermined amount of time has gone by since the step of enlarging,
- (d) detecting a user selection of the GUI object.
A computer implemented method for processing event inputs using an event sensitive display device, said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a plurality of GUI objects;
- detecting an event input;
- identifying a control state associated with the event input;
- and
- controlling at least one or more of the GUI objects in accordance with the identified control state.
A computing system, comprising:
- displaying means for displaying a graphical user interface;
- detecting means for detecting an absence or an occurrence of an event on or near the means for displaying;
- and
- processing means for instructing the display means to initially display at least one GUI object having a first size and to display the GUI object having a second larger size in response to the detecting means detecting a hover event within a predefined proximity of the displayed GUI object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.