Control of the operating system on a computing device via finger angle using a high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) touch user interface
View Patent ↗System and method for using 3D and 6D parameter capture, gesture recognition, and symbol events provided a high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) to control a variety of computer and other applications via spatial metaphors visual user interfaces.
1. A method of controlling a computing system executing one or more applications, the method comprising:
receiving a tactile user input on a tactile sensor array; and
recognizing the tactile user input as either an individual gesture or a series of gestures;
determining if the recognized gesture is specific to the application being executed on the computing system or not;
upon determining that the recognized gesture is specific to a first application being executed on the computing system, invoking a first command to control the first application based on the recognized gesture; and
upon determining that the recognized gesture is not specific to the first application being executed on the computing system, invoking a second command to control one or more aspects of the computing system based on the recognized gesture,
wherein at least one of the first gesture and the second gesture comprises a finger angle.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein recognizing the tactile user input as either an individual gesture or a series of gestures comprises:
incorporating a time delay after receiving the tactile user input and before recognizing the tactile user input.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein recognizing the tactile user input as either an individual gesture or a series of gestures comprises:
detecting moments in time where there is no tactile user input on the tactile sensor array.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein recognizing the tactile user input as either an individual gesture or a series of gestures comprises:
detecting intervals of time where there is no change in the tactile user input on the tactile sensor array.
5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the time delay is set by default.
6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the time delay is configured by a user of the computing system.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
upon determining that the recognized gesture is not specific to the first application being executed on the computing system, interpreting the recognized gesture to signify a global command, and executing the global command regardless of the first application being executed on the computing system; and
upon determining that the recognized gesture is specific to the first application being executed on the computing system, interpreting the recognized gesture to signify a local command, and executing the local command to control one or more aspects of the first application.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
upon determining that the recognized gesture is specific to a second application being executed on the computing system, invoking a third command to control the second application based on the recognized gesture.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
executing the global command to control both the first and the second application based on the recognized gesture.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the finger angle comprises a yaw rotation of a single finger.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the finger angle comprises a roll rotation of a single finger.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the finger angle comprises a pitch rotation of a single finger.