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Text input on an interactive display

  • US 10,691,332 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2015
  • Issued: 06/23/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying instructions that are operable when executed by one or more processors to:

  • display on a substantial part of an outer portion of a surface of a small display a plurality of characters, the surface of the display having an inner portion that is encompassed by the outer portion and that includes a center of the display surface, the inner portion comprising a first area and a second area separate from the first area;

    identify, based on an input, one or more of the displayed characters, wherein the input comprises;

    contact between the user'"'"'s finger and the first area of the inner portion, wherein contact with the first area is required to identify the one or more displayed characters and contact with the second area is not sufficient to identify the one or more displayed characters;

    a first movement of the user'"'"'s finger from the first area of the inner portion through the second area of the inner portion to the outer portion while contacting the display; and

    the first character swiped by the user'"'"'s finger after performing the first movement; and

    in response to a determination that the input has occurred, display on a portion of the display comprising inputted text the one or more identified characters.

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