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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Donald Geoffrey Schuller, San Jose, CA (US);
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for a rotary controller arrangement. A method may include receiving an indication that a rotary control element is moved to a first end position. A first action may be performed based on a selection of the first action at the first end position. An indication that the rotary control element is moved to a second end position may be received. A second action may be performed based on a selection of the second action at the second end position. The disclosed rotary controller arrangement includes assigning an action to the end point of rotation of a rotary control element. By assigning an action to an end point of rotation, a user may rotate the rotary control element to a particular end point to easily find and select the desired action.