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Bi-directional control for touch interfaces

  • US 10,496,271 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2016
  • Issued: 12/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a user interface (UI) of an electronic device having a touch sensitive display comprising:

  • providing on the touch sensitive display a touch region having first and second touch zones separated by a first origin axis preset by the UI, wherein the origin axis can be located anywhere within the touch region,detecting the location of a touch by a user in the touch region,determining whether the touch is located in the first touch zone or the second touch zone,determining a distance between the detected location of the touch by the user and the first origin axis,responsive to the detecting of the location of the touch in the touch region, causing one of;

    an increasing change in a controlled variable when the touch location is determined to be in the first touch zone or a decreasing change in the controlled variable when the touch location is determined to be in the second touch zone,wherein the rate of change of the controlled variable is dependent on the distance the detected touch location is displaced away from the origin axis.

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