Patent ID: 9703467
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for moving an image of displayable content displayed on a touchscreen of a device, said method comprising; detecting, by a processor in the device, a movement of an object along the touchscreen of the device in a first direction toward a first outer edge of the touchscreen while the object is touching the touchscreen, and in response, said processor moving the displayed image in a second direction toward the first outer edge in synchronization with the detected movement of the object, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first outer edge, and wherein the first direction is equal to the second direction; after said detecting the movement of the object while the object is touching the touchscreen, said processor determining that the object has traversed the first outer edge of the touchscreen in a third direction in a transition from touching the touchscreen to no longer touching the touchscreen; in response to said determining that the object has traversed the first outer edge of the touchscreen in the third direction in the transition from touching the touchscreen to no longer touching the touchscreen, said processor activating one or more motion sensors to monitor the object for continuing movement of the object, wherein the third direction is equal to the second direction, and wherein the device comprises the one or more motion sensors; and after said activating the one or more motion sensors, said one or more motion sensors ascertaining the continuing movement of the object in a fourth direction away from the first outer edge, and in response, said processor moving the displayed image in the second direction toward the first outer edge in synchronization with the ascertained continuing movement of the object, wherein the fourth direction is equal to the second direction.