Omni-spatial gesture input

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods and computer storage media for detecting user input in an extended interaction space of a device, such as a handheld device. The method and system allow for utilizing a first sensor of the device sensing in a positive z-axis space of the device to detect a first input, such as a user's non-device-contacting gesture. The method and system also contemplate utilizing a second sensor of the device sensing in a negative z-axis space of the device to detect a second input. Additionally, the method and system contemplate updating a user interface presented on a display in response to detecting the first input by the first sensor in the positive z-axis space and detecting the second input by the second sensor in the negative z-axis space.

主权项

1. A method in a computing environment utilizing a processor and memory for detecting user input in both a positive z-axis space and a negative z-axis space of a device, the method comprising:
utilizing a first sensor of the device sensing first movement in a z-axis in the positive z-axis space of the device to detect a first input, wherein the first input is a non-device-contacting gesture, the positive z-axis space extending in the z-axis perpendicular to a first plane defined by an x-axis and a y-axis over a first surface of the device, the first surface comprising a display of the device; utilizing a second sensor of the device sensing second movement in the z-axis in the negative z-axis space of the device to detect a second input, the negative z-axis space extending in the z-axis perpendicular to a second plane defined by the x-axis and the y-axis over a second surface of the device that is opposite the first surface; and updating a user interface presented on the display of the device in response to determining a relative position of the first input in the positive z-axis space and the second input in the negative z-axis space along the z-axis, the first and second movements both being non-device contacting, the updating requiring at least both the first input from the positive z-axis space and the second input from the negative z-axis space to be sensed to be completed, wherein the first input and the second input result from a rotational gesture approximately about an axis substantially parallel with at least one of the x-axis and the y-axis.