MOBILE DEVICE OFF-SCREEN GESTURE AREA
Methods and devices for receiving input and presenting a user interface with two screens and an off screen gesture area. The device may have an off screen gesture area that accepts user input outside the display area. The interface inputs received in the off screen gesture are may have special handling and cause different display changes. Further, the device, having two screens, may receive user interface inputs that cross the seam between the two displays. To provide a display that acts like a single display area, the device can predict motions may cross the seam and then interrelate separate inputs on separate screens. The interrelated inputs can cause display changes as if the inputs were received as a single user interaction.
1 . A method, comprising:
providing a device having at least first and second screens, wherein the device includes a off-screen gesture area;
receiving a first user interface input in the off-screen gesture area; and
in response to the first user interface input, changing a display in either the first or second screen.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user interface input is a gesture.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the gesture is a flick.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the gesture is a drag.
5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the off-screen gesture area includes a gesture capture region.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the gesture capture region is an area on a screen of the device that accepts user input but is not part of a display area.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the change of the display is a movement of a window from a first screen to a second screen.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the change of the display is an expansion of a window over the first and second screens.
9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the device determines if the movement is completed.
10 . The method of claim 9 , if the movement is not completed, the window is returned to the first screen.
11 . A device, comprising:
a first screen;
a second screen;
an off screen gesture area;
a memory;
a processor in communication with the memory, the first screen, and the second screen, the processor operable to:
receive a first user interface input in the off-screen gesture area; and
in response to the first user interface input, change a display in either the first or second screen.
12 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the first user interface input is a gesture.
13 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the gesture is a flick or a drag.
14 . The device of claim 13 , wherein the change of the display is a movement of a window from a first screen to a second screen.
15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the device determines if the movement is completed, and, if the movement is not completed, the window is returned to the first screen.
16 . A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions causing a processor of a device to execute a method for providing a user interface, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
instructions to receive a first user interface input in the off-screen gesture area; and
in response to the first user interface input, instructions to change a display in either the first or second screen.
17 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first user interface input is a gesture.
18 . The computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the gesture is a flick or a drag.
19 . The computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the change of the display is a movement of a window from a first screen to a second screen or an expansion of the window.
20 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the device determines if the movement is completed, and, if the movement is not completed, the window is returned to the first screen.