# US 2014/0195907 A1 · Touch user interface supporting global and context-specific touch gestures that are responsive to at least one finger angle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195907 A1 - Document ID: US20140195907A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/198,482 - Filed: 2014-03-05 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2008-07-12 - Assignees: Lester F. Ludwig - Inventors: Seung E. Lim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195907A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - A63F 13/214: for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads - A63F 13/42: by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle - G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user} - G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface} - G06F 3/04815: Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - A63F 13/2145: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens - A63F 13/5255: according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character - A63F 13/803: Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks - A63F 13/822: Strategy games; Role-playing games (A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence) - A63F 2300/1075: using a touch screen - A63F 2300/6045: for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands - A63F 2300/6676: by dedicated player input - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface in a system implementing global or universal gestures and application-specific gestures for the control of software executing on a device comprising a touch user interface and a computational processor wherein the touch gestures are responsive to at least one finger angle. In an example implementation, wherein when a gesture with an application-specific association is recognized, the user interface operation is determined by the software application that has a currently active user-interface focus. In an example implementation, a global or universal gesture is used to control the system. In an example implementation, a global or universal gesture is used to control a software application executing on the system. In an example implementation, the user interface operation is context-specific. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface in a system implementing global or universal gestures and application-specific gestures for the control of software executing on a device comprising a touch user interface and a computational processor, the method comprising Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor, Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes between postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor, Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture, Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across applications and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application executing on the system, and Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein when a gesture with a context-specific association is recognized, the user interface operation is determined by the application that has a currently active user-interface focus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the association is context-specific. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the tactile sensor is comprised by a touchscreen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the gesture is used to control the system. ### Claim 6 A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor, Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes between postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor, Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture, Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across the system and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein when a gesture with a context-specific association is recognized, the user interface operation is determined by the application that has a currently active user-interface focus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the association is context-specific. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the tactile sensor is comprised by a touchscreen. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the gesture is used to control the system. ### Claim 11 A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor, Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes within postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor, Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture, Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across applications and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein when a gesture with a context-specific association is recognized, the user interface operation is determined by the application that has a currently active user-interface focus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the association is context-specific. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the tactile sensor is comprised by a touchscreen. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the gesture is used to control the system. ### Claim 16 A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor, Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes within postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor, Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture, Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across the system and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein when a gesture with a context-specific association is recognized, the user interface operation is determined by the application that has a currently active user-interface focus. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the association is context-specific. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the tactile sensor is comprised by a touchscreen. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the gesture is used to control the system.