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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Matias Duarte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Shiplacoff, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Gregory Simon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Renchi Raju, San Mateo, CA (US);
Matias Duarte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Shiplacoff, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Gregory Simon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Renchi Raju, San Mateo, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A computing device includes a display surface, a human interface feature, and processing resources. The human interface features enables a user of the computing device to enter a non-discrete directional input action. The processing resources execute to: (i) provide content on the display surface; (ii) detect the user performing the input action; (ii) determine a vector from the input action; and (iv) select a region of the display surface based on the vector.