Patent ID: 9690478
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for initiating a measurement calculation of one or more lines displayed on a touch screen display of a processor-based system, the method comprising: receiving a gesture input using the touch screen display; using a processor of the processor-based system to determine a gesture shape indicated by the gesture input; using the processor to determine the number of lines of the one or more lines that are selected by the gesture input, wherein each selected line of the one or more lines is indicated by the gesture shape touching the selected line, wherein touching the selected line comprises intersecting the selected line; when the number of selected lines is one, using the processor to identify a beginning point and an end point of the one selected line, calculate a measurement of length between the beginning point and the end point of the one selected line, and display the calculated measurement of the length on the touch screen display; and when the number of selected lines is two, using the processor to identify an angle formed between the two selected lines, calculate an angle measurement of the angle, and display the calculated angle measurement on the touch screen display.