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User-trackable moving image for control of electronic device with touch-sensitive display

  • US 10,234,988 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2013
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • a touch-sensitive display;

    a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display; and

    a memory coupled to and in cooperative arrangement with the processor, the processor and memory configured to;

    detect a user touch within a given area of a displayed image, the displayed image comprising at least one characteristic indicating one or more functions of an application to be performed based on user interaction with the displayed image;

    based on the user touch having been detected, display an initial subset of frames from a sequence of frames on the touch-sensitive display prior to a subsequent user ouch, the initial subset of frames depicting the displayed image moving in an image path over a time interval to be followed by a user touch path as a condition to perform the one or more functions of the application;

    after the initial subset of frames has been displayed, detect a plurality of subsequent user touches defining the user touch path, wherein for each subsequent touch of the plurality of subsequent touchesdisplay a different subset of frames from the sequence of frames on the touch-sensitive display, wherein each different subset of frames depicts the displayed image moving in a different image path over the time interval to be followed by the user touch path;

    receive data representative of the user touch path in response to the plurality of subsequent user touches having been detected;

    compare the user touch path with the image path to determine a path tracking accuracy of the user touch path relative to the image path; and

    control operation of the electronic device responsive to the path tracking accuracy, the operation of the electronic device being controlled by at least performing the one or more functions of the application.

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