Pan and selection gesture detection

A user interface that has a canvas that is extendable in an extendable dimension and on which multiple selectable elements may be placed. In this context, when a selecting control is associated with a particular selectable element, and further user gestures are provided, a pan detection mechanism is...

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Main Authors ANAND, KARANDEEP SINGH, JOSHI, VISHAL R, WELICKI, LEON EZEQUIEL, BECKWITH, JUSTIN, YUEN, WAI MAN, OWENS, KRISTOFER JOHN, STERLING, JONAH BUSH, FRANCISCO, JESSE DAVID, OLENICK, BRAD, WONG, ROGER PHILIP, STANFORD, LUCAS, DANTON, STEPHEN MICHAEL, STAPLES, WILLIAM J, JOSHI, MADHUR
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.02.2016
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A user interface that has a canvas that is extendable in an extendable dimension and on which multiple selectable elements may be placed. In this context, when a selecting control is associated with a particular selectable element, and further user gestures are provided, a pan detection mechanism is configured to distinguish between an intent to pan the canvas and an intent to select the particular selectable element. When a selecting control is associated with a particular orthogonally scrollable element, the pan detection mechanism may be distinguish between an intent to pan the canvas and an intent to scroll the orthogonally scrollable element in a direction perpendicular to the extendible dimension of the canvas.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20140324620