Touch-sensitive electronic apparatus for media applications, and methods therefor
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1. A touch-sensitive apparatus operating as a media mixer, said apparatus comprising:
- a touch screen having a display area that also operates as a touch input area; and
a plurality of media mixing controls being displayed in the display area of said touch screen and being interactive with a user through interaction with the touch input area of said touch screen.
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus, such as an electronic mixing apparatus and an electronic keyboard apparatus, and associated methods are disclosed. The electronic mixing apparatus or the electronic keyboard apparatus is provided on a touch screen that provides user input and display capabilities. In one embodiment, the touch screen is a multipoint touch screen so that multiple user touch inputs can be simultaneously acquired. In another embodiment, surface guides can be provided on the touch screen to assist with user input.
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58 Claims
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1. A touch-sensitive apparatus operating as a media mixer, said apparatus comprising:
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a touch screen having a display area that also operates as a touch input area; and
a plurality of media mixing controls being displayed in the display area of said touch screen and being interactive with a user through interaction with the touch input area of said touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for operating a computing device having a touch screen, said method comprising:
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displaying a mixing console Graphical User Interface (GUI) on the touch screen, the mixing console GUI having a plurality of GUI objects;
determining whether at least one touch input has been detected;
identifying the one or more GUI objects that are associated with the at least one touch input;
determining modifications to the one or more identified GUI objects based on the at least one touch input;
updating the one or more identified GUI objects of the mixing console GUI to reflect the modifications; and
determining input data based on the at least one touch input and the one or more identified GUI objects. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An electronic media mixer, said media mixer comprising:
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a multi-touch touch screen capable of concurrently receiving multiple touch inputs; and
a computing device operatively connected to said multi-touch touch screen, said computing device configured to;
display a mixing console Graphical User Interface (GUI) on said multi-touch touch screen, the mixing console GUI having a plurality of GUI objects;
determine whether at least one touch input has been detected;
identify the one or more GUI objects that are associated with the at least one touch input;
determine modifications to the one or more identified GUI objects based on the at least one touch input;
update the one or more identified GUI objects of the mixing console GUI to reflect the modifications; and
determine input data based on the at least one touch input and the one or more identified GUI objects.
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42. A touch-sensitive apparatus operating as an electronic keyboard, said apparatus comprising:
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a touch screen having a display area that also operates as a touch input area; and
a plurality of keyboard keys being displayed in the display area of said touch screen and being interactive with a user through interaction with the touch input area of said touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method for operating a computing device having a touch screen, said method comprising:
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displaying a keyboard Graphical User Interface (GUI) having a plurality of keys on the touch screen;
determining whether at least one touch input has been detected;
identifying the one or more keys that are associated with the at least one touch input;
determining modifications to the one or more identified keys based on the at least one touch input;
updating the one or more identified keys of the keyboard GUI to reflect the modifications; and
determining input data based on the at least one touch input and the one or more identified keys. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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