Gesture input on a portable electronic device and method of controlling the same
US8730188B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0482
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of controlling an electronic device, including a touch-sensitive display, includes detecting a gesture associated with a gesture character entry mode and determining a direction of the gesture on the touch-sensitive display, determining ones of a plurality of characters associated with the gesture based on the direction, and adding the ones of the plurality of characters to candidate character strings.
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