Turning on and off full screen mode on a touchscreen
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsAlex Neely Ainslie, Roma Rajni Shah
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Abstract
Systems and methods for turning on and off full screen mode of an application running on a touchscreen. In some aspects, a method includes receiving an input on the touchscreen; determining whether the input is a first predetermined gesture; and turning off full screen mode when the input is the first predetermined gesture. The method also includes determining whether the first predetermined gesture starts from a predetermined area.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method for controlling screen mode of an application running on a touchscreen, the method comprising:
- displaying the application in full screen mode on the touchscreen, the application comprising a content portion having at least one edge;
- receiving, in association with the displayed application, an input gesture on the touchscreen;
- determining that the input gesture starts from within a predetermined number of lines of pixels corresponding to the at least one edge of the content portion of the application;
- determining, in response to determining that the input gesture starts from within the predetermined number of lines of pixels, that the input gesture is a first predetermined gesture, wherein the first predetermined gesture is a dragging gesture from within the predetermined number of lines of pixels toward the center of the content portion;
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- turning off full screen mode and switching the screen mode to windowed screen mode of the application in response to determining that the input gesture is the first predetermined gesture.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for controlling screen mode of an application running on a touchscreen, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
- display the application in a windowed screen mode on the touchscreen, the application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI) having at least one edge;
- receive, in association with the displayed application, an input gesture on the touchscreen;
- determine that the input gesture starts from within a predetermined number of lines of pixels corresponding to the at least one edge of the GUI of the application;
- determine, in response to determining that the input gesture starts from within the predetermined number of lines of pixels, that the input gesture is a first predetermined gesture, wherein the first predetermined gesture is a dragging gesture from within the predetermined number of lines of pixels and outward from the center of the GUI;
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- turn off windowed screen mode and switch to full screen mode of the application in response to determining that the input gesture is the first predetermined gesture.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a touchscreen, coupled to the processor via a bus;
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- a memory, coupled to the processor and the touchscreen via the bus and storing instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
- display an application in full screen mode on the touchscreen, the application comprising a content portion having at least one edge;
- receive, in association with the displayed application, an input gesture on the touchscreen;
- determine that the input gesture starts from within a predetermined number of lines of pixels corresponding to the at least one edge of the content portion of the application;
- determine, in response to determining that the input gesture starts from within the predetermined number of lines of pixels, that the input gesture is a first predetermined gesture, wherein the first predetermined gesture is a dragging gesture from within the predetermined number of lines of pixels toward the center of the content portion;
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- turn off full screen mode and switch to windowed screen mode of the application in response to determining that the input gesture is the first predetermined gesture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.