# US 8,570,286 B2 · Gestures on a touch-sensitive display

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- Number: US 8,570,286 B2
- Document ID: US8570286B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/704,886
- Filed: 2010-02-12
- Published: 2011-08-18
- Granted: 2013-10-29
- Earliest claimed: 2010-02-12
- Assignees: Honeywell International Inc.
- Applicants: Jason Laberge; Pallavi Dharwada
- Inventors: Jason Laberge; Pallavi Dharwada
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8570286B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
- G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
- G06F 2203/04806: Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A method of showing content on a touch-sensitive display. The method includes showing content on a touch-sensitive display and detecting contact with the touch-sensitive display. The method further includes manipulating the content on the touch-sensitive display based on gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of showing content on a touch-sensitive display comprising:
showing content on a touch-sensitive display, the content including a two dimensional map of an environment that includes cameras;
selecting an area on the touch-sensitive display that includes cameras by tracing a pattern on the touch-sensitive display around the area that includes the selected cameras; and
displaying a new window on the touch-sensitive display that includes video generated by each of the selected cameras.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein displaying a new window that includes video generated by each of the selected cameras includes displaying a plurality of windows on the touch-sensitive display that includes video generated by each of the selected cameras where each camera provides video to a separate window.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein selecting selecting an area on the touch-sensitive display includes changing the size of the selected area on the touch-sensitive display that includes the cameras.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein changing the size of the selected area on the touch-sensitive display that includes the cameras includes contacting a displayed boundary of the selected area and manipulating the boundary to add or remove cameras.