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User interface interaction using touch input force

  • US 10,248,262 B2
  • Filed: 11/19/2012
  • Issued: 04/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing a user interface interaction, comprising:

  • a communication interface configured to;

    receive a first set of one or more indicators associated with a first location on a touch input surface and a first force intensity of a touch input provided on and in direct contact with the touch input surface, wherein the first force intensity is within a first threshold range and corresponds to a first type of user interface indication, andreceive a second set of one or more indicators associated with a second location on the touch input surface and a second force intensity of the touch input that has been in continuous direct contact with the touch input surface at least since the touch input was provided at the first location, wherein the second force intensity is within a second threshold range and corresponds to a user selection of a second user interface object located at the second location; and

    a processor configured to;

    detect the first location at least in part by detecting a disturbance to an acoustic wave, wherein the acoustic wave is propagated freely in multiple directions by a same transmitter to a plurality of sensors through a touch input region of a propagating medium of the touch input surface and the disturbance is caused by the touch input,determine a value of the first force intensity based at least in part on a measurement of an amplitude associated with a disturbed portion of the acoustic wave disturbed by the touch input associated with the first location of the touch input, wherein the same disturbed portion of the same acoustic wave is used determine both the first location of the touch input and the value of the first force intensity,determine a first user interface object associated with the first location,determine that the touch input has been in continuous direct contact with the touch input surface at least from when the touch input was provided at the first location to when the touch input was dragged to the second location,determine that the second force intensity corresponds to a different type of user interface indication than the first force intensity, wherein the second force intensity indicates a selection of the second user interface object with respect to the first user interface object, andprovide the user interface interaction based at least in part on the second user interface object with respect to the first user interface object, the determination that the touch input has been in continuous direct contact, the determination that the second force intensity corresponds to a different type of user interface indication than the first force intensity, the first set of one or more indicators, and the second set of one or more indicators.

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