User Interface Functionality for Facilitating Interaction between Users and their Environments

摘要

Space interaction (SI) functionality is described herein for assisting a user in interacting with a space without unduly distracting the user. The SI functionality includes an application interface module that presents information and/or exposes functionality within a plurality of workspaces. Each workspace has a determined spatial relationship with respect to other workspaces. Further, the application interface module may detect and respond to various gestures, by which the user may move among workspaces and interact with menus and other information that are presented in those workspaces. The user's interaction with these workspaces and menus may be supplemented by various sounds generated by a sound generation module, and/or various haptic cues (e.g., vibration cues) generated by a haptic cue generation module.

主权项

1. A computing device, implementing a space interaction module, for assisting a user in interacting with a space, comprising:
a touch-sensitive screen for presenting a user interface presentation and for receiving input from the user; an application interface module that is configured to present information on the touch-sensitive screen within a plurality of workspaces, each workspace having a predetermined spatial relationship with respect to other workspaces, and each workspace presenting a respective focus by which the user may interact with the space, the application interface module being further configured to:
detect a gesture that involves contact by the user with a touch location on the touch-sensitive screen; anddisplay a menu on the touch-sensitive screen at the touch location, the menu having a plurality of menu items,the touch location corresponding to one of a plurality possible touch locations at which the user can touch the surface to activate the menu.