Inventors:
Matthew P. Lietzke - Cary NC, US
Eric Edward Dudkowski - Raleigh NC, US
Timothy Humphrey - Raleigh NC, US
Howard Locker - Cary NC, US
Jeffrey E. Skinner - Raleigh NC, US
Adam Miles Smith - Chapel Hill NC, US
Aaron Michael Stewart - Raleigh NC, US
Russell Speight VanBlon - Brentwood NC, US
International Classification:
G06F 3/048, G06F 3/033, G06F 3/01
Abstract:
An approach is provided that receives a gesture from a user with the gesture being directed at a graphical user interface element. The gesture is received by the user at a touch-enabled display screen. Emulated physics properties are retrieved that correspond to the selected graphical user interface element. The system detects a speed and a direction from the received gesture and, based on this information, determines an initial trajectory of the selected graphical user interface element. The initial trajectory is adjusted based on the retrieved emulated physics properties with the movement of the element being rendered on the display screen based upon the adjusted trajectory.