Patents
US 10698601 B2: Second touch zoom control
- Granted
- 2020-06-30
- Filed
- 2017-11-02 application 15801453
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A second touch zoom solution allows maintaining selection control, and movement of a selection point, during zoom operations not possible through traditional pinch-zoom. A first finger touch to a touch screen establishes a hot spot, selection, or one-finger gesture. Before the first finger is lifted from the touch screen, a second finger is placed on the screen and serves as a zoom control. Dragging the second finger away from the first zooms in; toward the first zooms out. Dragging the first finger does not affect the zoom, even if the motion changes the difference between the two fingers. When the second finger is lifted, the zoom level stays where it is. When the first finger is lifted, the zoom returns to the zoom level before the gesture began.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg200630.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTC Inc. 61 patents | US company or organization | Boston, MA | PTC INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state PTC INC. SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally PTC CORPORATION Nonprofit FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Salomon Morton | Lyme, NH | 15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F3/04883 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-03 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | PTC INC. signed 2023-01-03 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 62257/311 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-01-27 | Merger Merger | ONSHAPE INC. signed 2019-11-19 | PTC INC. BOSTON, MA | 51629/940 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2017-11-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MORTON, MICHAEL S. signed 2016-11-01 | ONSHAPE INC. CAMBRIDGE, MA | 44351/445 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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