System and method for enhanced command input

摘要

A portable electronic device having an input device for receiving a gesture based input from a user is used to control a navigation operation of an appliance. The portable electronic device receives via the input device the gesture based input and uses one or more parameters stored in a memory of the portable electronic device and one or more characteristics associated with the gesture based input to cause the portable electronic device to transmit a navigation step command to thereby control the navigation operation of the appliance.

主权项

1. A method for using a portable electronic device, having an input device for receiving a gesture based input from a user, to control a navigation operation of an appliance, comprising:
receiving raw data indicative of at least one characteristic associated with a gesture based input provided to an input device; and using the received raw data indicative of the at least one characteristic associated with the gesture based input and one or more parameters by the portable electronic device to generate a series of navigation commands wherein the series of navigation commands are used to control the navigation operation of the appliance; commencing a transmission of the generated series of navigation commands from the portable electronic device to the appliance; and in response to a second gesture based input being received via the input device while the portable electronic device is transmitting the generated series of navigation commands to the appliance permanently stopping the portable electronic device from transmitting any of the series of generated navigation commands that have yet to be transmitted from the portable electronic device to the appliance; wherein the input device comprises a touch sensitive surface.