Dynamic hover sensitivity and gesture adaptation in a dual display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10345953-B2
Application number	US-201715429122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2017
Priority date	Nov 13, 2013
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

An information handling system including a display device in a first display device housing operable to detect a touch device hovering above the display device and operable to receive touch inputs and a processor to determine a set default sense state for the display device based on orientation, operating application, or usage mode of the information handling system where the display device detects a first gesture and the processor to determine if the first gesture is consistent with the set default sense state for the orientation, operating application, or usage mode of the information handling system and if so to process the first gesture with the default sense state and the processor to set an alternative sense state if the first gesture is not consistent with the set default sense state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information handling system comprising:
a display device in a first display device housing operable to detect a touch device hovering above the display device and operable to receive touch inputs;
a processor to determine a set default sense state for the display device based on a first orientation of the display device and a first operating application active on the information handling system, wherein the set default sense state has a first hover sensitivity;
the display device to detect a first gesture under a policy requiring the first gesture be detected using the set default sense state;
the processor to determine if the first gesture is consistent with the set default sense state for the first orientation and the first operating application of the information handling system and if so to process the first gesture with the set default sense state; and
the processor to set an alternative sense state if the first gesture is not consistent with the set default sense state.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second display device housing coupled to the first display device housing; and
a processor to determine the set default sense state for the display device in the first display housing based on the first orientation, wherein the first orientation is of the first display housing relative to the second display housing of the information handling system,
wherein the information handling system is further operable to set a second hover sensitivity for the second display to a second power level selected from a plurality of power levels, based upon a second orientation of the second housing relative to the first housing and upon the first operating application.

3. The information handling system of claim 2 , wherein the first orientation is detected based upon a first sensor of the first display housing and a second sensor of the second display housing.

4. The information handling system of claim 3 , wherein the first sensor and the second sensor include at least one of an orientation sensor, a direction sensor, a camera, and a gyroscopic sensor.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the set default sense state for the display device in the first display device housing of the information handling system is a first power level for hover detection above the display device.

6. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the information handling system further comprises:
the processor detects a second operating application started up on the information handling system; and
the processor adjusts to the alternative sense state based upon application of a policy for the first orientation, the first operating application, and a second operating application.

7. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the display device in the first display device housing comprises a hover-sensitive touch-screen display that operates at the set default sense state and a plurality of alternative sense states.

8. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines if the first gesture is consistent with the set default sense state for the first operating application depending on whether the first operating application is one of a book reader or a web browser.

9. A method comprising:
detecting, via a display device in a first display device housing operable to receive touch inputs and hover detection, a touch device hovering above the display device;
determining, via a processor, a set default sense state for the display device based on a first orientation of the display device and a first operating application active on the information handling system;
determining if a first gesture detected under a policy requiring the first gesture to be detected using the set default sense state from the hovering touch device above the display device is consistent with the set default sense state for the first orientation and the first operating application of the information handling system and if so processing the first gesture with the default sense state; and
setting an alternative sense state if the first gesture detected is not consistent with the set default sense state.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
determining the first orientation of the first display housing relative to a second display housing from a first sensor in the first display housing and a second sensor in the second display housing including at least one of an orientation sensor, a direction sensor, a camera, and a gyroscopic sensor.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the set default sense state for the first orientation or the first operating application of the information handling system is a first power level for hover detection above the display device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein setting the alternative sense state includes resetting the first power level to a second power level for hover detection.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the display device in the first display device housing comprises a hover-sensitive touch-screen display that operates at the set default sense state and a plurality of alternative sense states.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
detecting a touch device hovering at up to a first distance over the touch-screen device when operating with the set default sense state; and
detecting the touch device hovering at up to a second distance over the touch-screen device when operating with the alternative sense state.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining if a first gesture detected from the hovering touch device above the display device is consistent with the set default sense state for the first operating application includes a determination that the first operating application is least one of a book reader, a web browser, or a spreadsheet application.

16. An information handling system comprising:
a display device in a first display device housing operable to detect a touch device hovering above the display device and operable to receive touch inputs;
a second display device housing coupled to the first display device housing;
a processor to determine a set default sense state for the display device in the first display device housing based on a first orientation of the first display housing relative to the second display housing of the information handling system or a first operating application active on the information handling system, wherein the set default sense state has a first hover sensitivity;
the processor to set a second hover sensitivity for a second display in the second display device housing to a second power level selected from a plurality of power levels, based upon a second orientation of the second housing relative to the first display device housing;
the display device to detect a first gesture;
the processor to determine if the first gesture is consistent with the set default sense state for the first orientation or the first operating application of the information handling system and if so to process the first gesture with the set default sense state; and
the processor to set an alternative sense state if the first gesture is not consistent with the set default sense state.

17. The information handling system of claim 16 , wherein the first orientation is detected based upon a first sensor of the first display housing and a second sensor of the second display housing.

18. The information handling system of claim 17 , wherein the first sensor and the second sensor include at least o

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Knepper Lawrence E
• Aurongzeb Deeder M
• Pacheco Roman Joel

Classifications

• G06F1/1686

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title

• G06F2203/04101

  2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title