17. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of detecting at least one connected component comprises the step of detecting a plurality of touch connected components and at least one hover connected component to generally determine an orientation of the appendage of the user, so as to enable the gesture to be correctly recognized.
17. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of detecting at least one connected component comprises the step of detecting a plurality of touch connected components and at least one hover connected component to generally determine an orientation of the appendage of the user, so as to enable the gesture to be correctly recognized. 18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of touch connected components corresponds to fingers of the user that are in contact with the display surface, and wherein the at least one hover connected component corresponds to a hand of the user that is proximate to the display surface.