Haptic Zones® Interaction Institute
Gesture Compliance Library
How common UI gestures map to Haptic Zones and compliance triggers under the Poindexter 471 framework.
Every gesture a user performs on a touchscreen follows a structured interaction path defined by the zone-based architecture of Poindexter 471 (U.S. Patent No. 10,225,471).
The five-stage logic path - Zone Detection → Input Classification → Action Execution → State Response → Dynamic Toggle - governs how each gesture is received, interpreted, and acted upon.
This library demonstrates how six fundamental gestures map to specific Haptic Zones and which compliance stages each gesture triggers.
Poindexter 471 Logic Path
6 Gestures Analyzed
Gesture–Zone Compliance Mapping
Tap
100% CompliantThe most fundamental interaction. A single touch point contacts a defined region of the display, triggering zone detection and immediate action execution.
Zone Mapping
471 Logic Path Triggers
Tap completes Stages 1–4 of the Poindexter 471 logic path. The system detects the zone (Stage 1), classifies the input as a single-point contact (Stage 2), executes the mapped action (Stage 3), and the zone responds with a state change (Stage 4). If the tap triggers a view transition, Stage 5 (dynamic toggle) also activates.
Swipe
100% CompliantA directional gesture that moves across one or more zones. Swipe triggers zone transitions and is the primary mechanism for navigating between content panels and interaction states.
Zone Mapping
471 Logic Path Triggers
Swipe activates all five stages of the 471 logic path. The gesture crosses zone boundaries (Stage 1), is classified as directional movement (Stage 2), triggers navigation or scrolling (Stage 3), updates the visible zone state (Stage 4), and dynamically toggles between single-zone and multi-zone views (Stage 5).
Pinch
100% CompliantA two-finger gesture that scales content within a zone. Pinch-to-zoom transforms the zone's internal state by expanding or compressing the interaction surface.
Zone Mapping
471 Logic Path Triggers
Pinch engages the full 471 logic path. Two contact points are detected within a zone (Stage 1), classified as a scale gesture (Stage 2), zoom action executes (Stage 3), the zone's viewport state changes (Stage 4), and the interface may toggle between overview and detail modes (Stage 5).
Drag
100% CompliantA sustained contact gesture that moves an element between zones or repositions content. Drag operations cross zone boundaries and trigger inter-zone state coordination.
Zone Mapping
471 Logic Path Triggers
Drag invokes the complete 471 architecture. The origin zone detects the contact (Stage 1), classifies sustained directional movement (Stage 2), begins the drag action (Stage 3), updates both source and destination zone states (Stage 4), and toggles zone configurations to accommodate the moved element (Stage 5).
Long Press
100% CompliantA sustained single-point contact that activates secondary interaction modes. Long press changes the zone's functional state from primary to contextual mode.
Zone Mapping
471 Logic Path Triggers
Long press completes all 471 stages. Zone detection occurs at initial contact (Stage 1), the system classifies the input as a duration-based gesture (Stage 2), the contextual action executes after the threshold (Stage 3), the zone transitions to secondary state (Stage 4), and the interface toggles to reveal contextual controls (Stage 5).
Scroll
100% CompliantVertical or horizontal traversal within a single zone boundary. Scrolling moves content through the zone's viewport while maintaining the zone's structural state.
Zone Mapping
471 Logic Path Triggers
Scroll engages Stages 1–4. The zone detects continuous contact (Stage 1), classifies directional movement within zone bounds (Stage 2), content traversal executes (Stage 3), and the viewport state updates (Stage 4). Stage 5 activates if scrolling triggers lazy-loaded zone transitions or pull-to-refresh toggles.
Compliance Summary
Every fundamental UI gesture analyzed in this library triggers the Poindexter 471 logic path. All six gestures achieve 100% compliance with the zone-based interaction architecture, activating between four and five stages of the five-stage logic path.
This confirms that the Poindexter 471 framework is not merely a theoretical model - it is the operational architecture through which every common touchscreen gesture is processed, classified, and executed.