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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1997
Bay-Wei W. Chang, Foster City, CA (US);
Kenneth P. Fishkin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Beverly L. Harrison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Takeo Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Jock D. Mackinlay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roy Want, Los Altos, CA (US);
Polle T. Zellweger, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for inputting information to a revolvable device, optionally connected to a deformable piece includes the steps of rotating, spinning, or revolvably orienting the deformable piece to provide a first morpheme input to the device. The first morpheme input normally triggers a first default action by the device, such as controlling a display, modifying a data structure, or communicating with another electronic device. When a user asynchronously manipulates the deformable piece to provide a second morpheme input to the device, the second morpheme input converts the normally triggered first default action to a second action generally not equivalent to the first default action. This mode of interaction allows formation of morphemic sentences to control a graspable device.