METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICE TRANSITION TO ALTERNATE INTERFACE MODE OF OPERATION
A computing device, or electronic personal display, includes a housing and a display screen. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable and a set of touch sensors are provided therewith. A processor is provided within the housing to detect a gesture via the set of touch sensors, interpret the gesture as one of a plurality of user inputs, and accomplish an output operation of the computing device. The processor, upon detecting a presence of extraneous objects on a surface the screen of the display assembly, associates the output operation for performance in consequence to a motion input.
1 . A computing device comprising:
a display screen;
a housing that at least partially circumvents the display screen;
a set of touch sensors;
at least one motion sensor; and
a processor provided within the housing that detects a presence of one or more extraneous objects on a surface of the screen, the processor further operable to:
detect a gesture via the set of touch sensors;
interpret the gesture as an input command to perform an output operation at he computing device;
in response to detecting the presence of one or more extraneous objects on the surface of the screen, dissociate the input command from the gesture; and
associate the input command with a motion input detected via the at least one motion sensor for performing the output operation.
2 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the gesture detected via the touch sensors consists of one of: a tap, a sustained touch, and a swipe.
3 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor is one of: an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer and a camera.
4 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the output operation comprises a page turn.
5 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the output operation comprises a bookmark.
6 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the output operation is one of a power-on state change and a power-off state change.
7 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the output operation comprises a return to e-library collection.
8 . The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the motion input is one of a tilt, a shake, a flick, a rotation, a partial rotation and an inversion.
9 . A method for operating a computing device, the method implemented in a processor and comprising:
detecting a gesture via a set of touch sensors provided with a display screen of the electronic personal display;
interpreting the gesture as an input command to perform an output operation at the computing device;
in response to detecting the presence of one or more extraneous objects on the surface of the screen, dissociating the input command from the gesture; and
associating the input command with a motion input detected via at least one motion sensor provided at the computing device for performing the output operation.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the gesture detected via the set of touch sensors is one of: a tap, a sustained touch, and a swipe.
11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the motion sensor is one of: an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer and a camera.
12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the output operation comprises a page turn.
13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the output operation comprises a bookmark.
14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the output operation is one of a power-on state change and a power-off state change.
15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the output operation comprises a return to e-library collection input.
16 . The method of claim 9 wherein the motion input is one of: a tilt, a shake, a flick, a rotation, a partial rotation and an inversion.
17 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to perform operations that include:
detecting a gesture via a set of touch sensors provided with a display screen of the electronic personal display;
interpreting the gesture as an input command to perform an output operation at the computing device;
in response to detecting the presence of one or more extraneous objects on the surface of the screen, dissociating the input command from the gesture; and
associating the input command with a motion input detected via at least one motion sensor provided at the computing device for performing the output operation.