Gesture-based time input

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9176480-B2
Application number	US-201314076896-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2013
Priority date	Feb 5, 2013
Publication date	Nov 3, 2015
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015

Abstract

A computing device is described that outputs for display, a graphical user interface comprising a clock having regions associated with a first set of time increments. Responsive to receiving an indication of an input at a portion of a presence-sensitive input device corresponding to a location of a display device at which one of the regions of the clock is displayed, the computing device determines one of the first set of time increments. The computing device outputs for display, and proximate to the location, a second set of time increments. The computing device determines a time based on the determined one of the first set of time increments and a selected one of the second time increments.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
outputting, by a computing device and for display, a graphical user interface comprising a clock having regions associated with a first set of time increments;
responsive to receiving an indication of an input at a portion of a presence-sensitive input device corresponding to a location of a display device at which one of the regions of the clock is displayed, determining, by the computing device, one of the first set of time increments and outputting, for display and proximate to the location, a second set of time increments; and
determining, by the computing device, a time based on the determined one of the first set of time increments and a selected one of the second time increments.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of time increments is of finer-grain time increments than the first set of time increments.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of time increments comprise at least one of one day increments of time, one hour increments of time, one half hour increments of time, one minute increments of time, and one second increments of time.

4. The method of claim 1 , where each increment in the second set of time increments comprises a fractional value of each increment in the first set of time increments.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected one of the second time increments is based on the user input.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
outputting, by the computing device and for display, the determined time.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication of the determined time at one or more of the regions of the clock.

8. The method of claim 1 , where the determined time is associated with one of AM and PM, the method further comprising:
outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication of the one of AM and PM.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined time is associated with at least one of a calendar event, a timer setting, and a system clock setting.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presence-sensitive input device comprises a presence-sensitive screen at which the graphical user interface is displayed.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input comprises at least one of one or more tap gestures and one or more non-tap gestures.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input is a first input, wherein the portion is a first portion, wherein the location is a first location, wherein the one of the regions of the clock is a first one of the regions, wherein the time is a first time, wherein the one of the first set of time increments is a first one of the first set of time increments, and wherein the selected one of the second time increments is a first selected one of the second time increments, the method further comprising:
responsive to receiving an indication of a second input at a second portion of the presence-sensitive input device corresponding to a second location of the display device at which a second one of the regions of the clock is displayed, determining, by the computing device, a second one of the first set of time increments and outputting, for display and proximate to the second portion, the second set of time increments; and
determining, by the computing device, a second time based on the determined second one of the first set of time increments and a second selected one of the second time increments.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first time is associated with one of AM and PM and the second time is associated with a different one of AM and PM, the method further comprising:
outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication that the first time is associated with the one of AM and PM and the second time is associated with the different one of AM and PM.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining, by the computing device, a quantity of time, based on the first time and the second time.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication of the quantity of time.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
outputting, by the computing device and for display, at least one of the first time, the second time, and the quantity of time.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining the time satisfies a threshold, outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication of the threshold being satisfied.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location is a first location, wherein the clock comprises an outer edge and the input comprises a path that traverses at least a portion of the presence-sensitive input device corresponding to a second location of the display device at which the outer edge is displayed.

19. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
output, for display, a graphical user interface comprising a clock having regions associated with a first set of time increments;
responsive to receiving an indication of an input at a portion of a presence-sensitive input device corresponding to a location of a display device at which one of the regions of the clock is displayed, determine, one of the first set of time increments and output, for display and proximate to the location, a second set of time increments; and
determine, a time based on the determined one of the first set of time increments and a selected one of the second time increments.

20. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor of a computing device to:
output, for display, a graphical user interface comprising a clock having regions associated with a first set of time increments;
responsive to receiving an indication of an input at a portion of a presence-sensitive input device corresponding to a location of a display device at which one of the regions of the clock is displayed, determine, one of the first set of time increments and output, for display and proximate to the location, a second set of time increments; and
determine, a time based on the determined one of the first set of time increments and a selected one of the second time increments.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Sadilek Daniel

Classifications

• G04G5/00 Primary

  Setting, i.e. correcting or changing, the time-indication (radio-controlled time-pieces G04R) · CPC title

• G06F3/04886 Primary

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title