Touchscreen Interface Gesture Recognition for Simultaneous Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for manipulating user interface objects on touch-sensitive surfaces are cumbersome and inefficient, particularly when using multiple simultaneous inputs, leading to a significant cognitive burden and energy wastage, especially in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
A computing device with a touch screen display that simultaneously displays multiple user interface objects and a destination object, allowing for detection of multiple user inputs to perform actions associated with the destination object, thereby enhancing efficiency and reducing cognitive load.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If sequential mouse-based inputs are used to select and manipulate user interface objects, then the manipulation can be performed with simple input mechanisms, but the process becomes tedious and creates significant cognitive burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple input actions into simultaneous gestures. Users can select multiple objects and perform operations on them concurrently through single gestures, merging what would traditionally require sequential clicks and menu selections into unified touch actions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces multi-dimensional gesture recognition beyond simple click coordinates. By detecting finger count, gesture type, duration, and movement patterns simultaneously, the system adds dimensional complexity to input recognition, enabling richer commands without additional cognitive steps.
2Productivity
If existing simultaneous input methods are used to manipulate user interface objects, then some efficiency improvement is achieved, but the methods remain cumbersome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments gesture recognition into distinct detectable parameters (finger count, gesture type, duration, position). Each parameter can be independently analyzed and combined, allowing the system to process complex simultaneous inputs through structured segmentation of input characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal gesture framework where a single touch surface can recognize and respond to multiple types of simultaneous inputs (single finger, multi-finger, drag, tap, hold). This multi-functional approach allows one interface to handle diverse manipulation tasks without requiring specialized input mechanisms for each operation.
3Use of energy by moving object
If traditional manipulation methods are used, then energy consumption is manageable with simple processing, but the process takes longer than necessary wasting energy in battery-operated devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary detection and classification of gesture parameters immediately upon contact with the touch surface. By pre-processing input data during the brief contact window and determining the intended operation before completion, the system reduces subsequent processing time and energy consumption while maintaining accurate response.
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AI summary
A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display a plurality of user interface objects and at least one destination object. The computing device detects a first input by a user on a destination object displayed on the touch screen display. While continuing to detect the first input by the user on the destination object, the computing device detects a second input by the user on a first user interface object displayed on the touch screen display. In response to detecting the second input by the user on the first user interface object, the computing device performs an action on the first user interface object. The action is associated with the destination object.