METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICE OPERATION VIA TRANSITION TO ALTERNATE GESTURE INTERFACE

摘要

A computing device, or electronic personal display, includes a housing and a touch screen display. The housing includes a gesture sensitive housing portion. The processor is capable of detecting a presence of one or more extraneous objects on the display screen. In response to detecting the presence of the one or more extraneous objects on the display screen, an the input command from the first gesture interface is nullified , and instead is associated with a second gesture received at the gesture-sensitive housing portion for performing a given output operation.

主权项

1. A method executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device including a memory storing instructions, a display screen having touch functionality, and a gesture-sensitive housing portion, the processor capable of detecting a presence of one or more extraneous objects on the display screen, the method comprising:
detecting a first gesture via a set of touch sensors provided with the display screen; interpreting the first gesture as an input command to perform an output operation at the computing device; in response to detecting the presence of the one or more extraneous objects on the display screen, dissociating the input command from the first gesture; and associating the input command with a second gesture received at the gesture-sensitive housing portion for performing the output operation.