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US 2013/0298069 A1Published application
Virtual page turn
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsGeorg Petschnigg, Jonathan Reed Harris, Joshua J. Hinds, Sabrina Boler
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Abstract
One or more pages are displayed on a touch display. A page-flipping gesture directed to a displayed page is recognized. Responsive to such recognition, a virtual page flip is displayed on the touch display. The virtual page flip turns successive pages to a landing page.
Claims20
A method of animating a virtual page turn, comprising:
- displaying a page on a touch display;
- recognizing a page-flipping touch gesture touching the touch display entirely within a gesture area of the touch display, the gesture area located within a perimeter of the page at a beginning of the page-flipping gesture;
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- responsive to the page-flipping touch gesture, displaying a virtual page flip that turns the page and one or more successive pages to a landing page.
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A method of animating a virtual page turn, comprising:
- displaying a page on a display;
- recognizing a page-turning gesture;
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- responsive to the page-turning gesture, displaying a virtual page turn that progressively reveals a subsequent page;
- recognizing a page-flipping gesture;
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- responsive to the page-flipping gesture, displaying a plurality of virtual pages successively turning.
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A digital reading device, comprising:
- a first touch display region;
- a second touch display region;
- a logic subsystem operatively coupled to the first touch display region and the second touch display region;
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- a data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to:
- display a back side of a first page on the first touch display region and a front side of a second page on the second touch display region;
- recognize a page-turning gesture directed to an outer corner of the second page;
- display, responsive to the page-turning gesture, a virtual page turn that actively follows the page-turning gesture, the virtual page turn curling a lifted portion of the second page to progressively reveal a back side of the second page while progressively revealing a front side of a third page and while progressively covering the back side of the first page;
- recognize a page-flipping gesture directed along an outer edge of the second touch display region;
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- display, responsive to advancement of the page-flipping gesture, a virtual page flip in which pages quickly flip from the second touch display region to the first touch display region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.