Stylus-based touch-sensitive area for UI control of computing device

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for interacting with a computing device using a stylus. The stylus is configured with a touch-sensitive control feature that can be activated to perform various actions while the stylus is touching or otherwise sufficiently proximate to a stylus detection surface of the device. The swipe function can be associated with a variety of tasks on the computing device such as: adjusting variables, executing a particular command, switching between tools, modifying a particular tool's settings, and launching an application. In some embodiments, the stylus-based touch-sensitive control feature is configured to allow for both forward and backward swiping actions, tapping actions, and various combinations of such touch-types on the touch-sensitive control feature to uniquely identify a corresponding function to be carried out on the computing device.

主权项

1. A system for performing a function in response to receiving input from a stylus, the system comprising:
an electronic device having a display for displaying content to a user and a stylus detection surface for allowing user input via the stylus; and a user interface executable on the device and configured to perform a function in response to a stylus-based touch-sensitive control feature input, the input comprising a swipe gesture received on a touch-sensitive area deployed on a pen-like housing of the stylus; wherein the function includes presenting via the display a first display state of the electronic device in response to a first swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive area deployed on the housing of the stylus, and presenting via the display a second display state in response to a second swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive area deployed on the housing of the stylus, wherein the first display state is visually different from the second display state.