Pressure navigation on a touch sensitive user interface

摘要

A menu and application navigation system utilizing pressure includes a display device including a touch sensitive user interface, and a navigation engine coupled to the display device. The navigation engine is configured to generate a measurement of pressure applied by a user as a function of time at the touch sensitive user interface. The navigation engine is further configured to navigate through a three dimensional data set in response to the measurement of pressure. An increase in the pressure navigates in a first direction through the three dimensional data set, and a decrease in the pressure navigates in a second direction through the three dimensional data set.

主权项

1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable storage medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program includes instructions that, when executed by a processing device within a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
generating a measurement of pressure applied by a user as a function of time at a touch sensitive user interface in response to a pressure input; navigating through levels of a three dimensional data set in response to the measurement of pressure of the pressure input, wherein the levels comprise sections of a document, wherein the navigating further comprises scrolling through the levels of the document, wherein an increase in the pressure scrolls in a first direction through the three dimensional data set, and a decrease in the pressure scrolls in a second direction through the three dimensional data set; and wherein navigating through levels of the three dimensional data set further comprises skipping over designated levels, wherein the designated levels to be skipped are established autonomously from the hierarchy of formatting in the document.