Detecting erasure gestures in an electronic presentation system
A presentation system capable of detecting one or more gestures and contacts on a touch sensitive display. The presentation system can displaying indicia of such contacts, such as when a user writes with a fingertip, and can remove or alter such indicia responsive to other gestures and contacts. The system can accurately distinguish between types of gestures detected, such as between a writing gesture and an erasing gesture, on both large and small touch sensitive displays, thereby obviating the need for a user to make additional selective inputs to transition from one type of gesture to another.
1. A presentation system, the presentation system comprising:
at least one touch sensitive display;
at least one processor coupled to the touch sensitive display; and
a memory storing instructions, the instructions comprising instructions executable to cause the processor to:
detect a first touch gesture in a region of the touch sensitive display, the first touch gesture corresponding to one or more touch points at the touch sensitive display;
determine that the first touch gesture corresponds to a marking gesture;
render, responsive to the determination that the first touch gesture corresponds to a marking gesture, image data in the region of the touch sensitive display, the image data corresponding to the one or more touch points at the touch sensitive display;
detect a second touch gesture in the region;
determine that the second touch gesture corresponds to an eraser gesture based on one or more factors, wherein the one or more factors comprise whether the second touch gesture is composed by multiple simultaneous touch points; and
cease, responsive to the determination that the second touch gesture corresponds to an eraser gesture, rendering the image data in those portions of the region corresponding to the erasure gesture.
2. The presentation system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the second touch gesture is composed by multiple overlapping motions.
3. The presentation system of claim 1 , wherein the more factors further comprise a speed of the second touch gesture.
4. The presentation system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the second touch gesture is composed by motions characterized by circular or jagged motion in a single general direction.
5. The presentation system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the second touch gesture includes a circular motion moving in a single general direction.
6. The presentation system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to cease rendering image data within a predetermined distance of touch points of the erasure gesture.
7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor, the instructions comprising instructions to:
render image data in at least one region of a touch sensitive display coupled to the processor;
detect at least one touch gesture in the region;
determine whether the touch gesture corresponds alternately to an eraser gesture or a writing gesture, based one or more factors, wherein the one or more factors comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by multiple simultaneous touch points; and
cease, responsive to determining that the touch gesture corresponds to an erasure gesture, rendering the image data in those portions of the region corresponding to the erasure gesture.
8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by multiple overlapping motions.
9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by motions characterized by changes in direction.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by motions characterized circular or jagged motion in a single general direction.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by jagged motion in a single general direction.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to cease rendering image data within a predetermined distance of touch points of the erasure gesture.
13. A computer implemented method for operating a presentation system, the method comprising:
rendering, under control of a processor, image data in at least one region of a touch sensitive display coupled to the processor;
detecting at least one touch gesture in the region;
determining, by the processor, that the touch gesture corresponds to an eraser gesture based on one or more factors, wherein the one or more factors comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by multiple simultaneous touch points in a single direction; and
ceasing, upon such determination, to render the image data in those portions of the region corresponding to the erasure gesture,
wherein determining, by the processor, that the touch gesture corresponds to an eraser gesture based on at least one factor, comprises distinguishing the touch gesture from a marking gesture.
14. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by multiple overlapping motions.
15. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by motions characterized by changes in direction and speed.
16. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by motions characterized by circular or jagged motion in a single general direction.
17. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the one or more factors further comprise whether the touch gesture is composed by overlapping touch points.
18. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein ceasing to render the image data in those portions of the region corresponding to the erasure gesture comprise ceasing to render the image data within a predetermined distance of touch points of the erasure gesture.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions to determine whether the touch gesture corresponds alternately to an eraser gesture or a writing gesture, based on one or more factors, further comprise instructions to determine whether the touch gesture corresponds alternately to an eraser gesture, a writing gesture, a drawing gesture, or a zoom gesture.
20. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein determining, by the processor, that the touch gesture corresponds to an eraser gesture based on at least one factor, further comprises distinguishing the touch gesture from at least one extraneous touch point.