User input device for electronic device
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a user input device comprising;
a touch sensitive surface being arranged to provide a pre-defined desired number of touch sensitive surface areas each of said touch sensitive areas being associated with a corresponding pre-defined functionality;
appropriate control circuitry responsive to touching contact with said touch sensitive surface for controlling the movement of a cursor in a display graphic shown on a screen carried by the electronic device wherein;
in a first pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a first pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to move in a corresponding first direction;
in a second pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a second pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to move in a corresponding second direction; and
in a third pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a third pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to stop movement.
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Abstract
A user input device for controlling the movement of a cursor in a graphical user interface (GUI) includes a touch sensitive surface arranged to provide a pre-defined number of touch sensitive surface areas substantially continuous with one another each of which is associated with a corresponding pre-defined functionality. Touching contact with the given surface area causes the cursor to move in the corresponding direction or to stop. The speed of the cursor is controlled by the touching contact which may be a sliding, tapping, pressure or other suitable contact.
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44 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a user input device comprising;
a touch sensitive surface being arranged to provide a pre-defined desired number of touch sensitive surface areas each of said touch sensitive areas being associated with a corresponding pre-defined functionality;
appropriate control circuitry responsive to touching contact with said touch sensitive surface for controlling the movement of a cursor in a display graphic shown on a screen carried by the electronic device wherein;
in a first pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a first pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to move in a corresponding first direction;
in a second pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a second pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to move in a corresponding second direction; and
in a third pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a third pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to stop movement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A user input device comprising:
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a touch sensitive surface, said touch sensitive surface being arranged to provide a pre-defined desired number of touch sensitive surface areas each of said touch sensitive areas being associated with a corresponding pre-defined functionality;
appropriate control circuitry responsive to touching contact with said touch sensitive surface for controlling the movement of a cursor in a display graphic wherein;
in a first pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a first pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to move in a corresponding first direction;
in a second pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a second pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to move in a corresponding second direction; and
in a third pre-defined functionality a touching contact with a third pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to stop movement. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. Method, comprising the steps of:
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controlling the movement of a cursor in a display graphic using a user input device comprising a touch sensitive surface arranged to provide a number of adjacent touch sensitive surface areas, each of said touch sensitive surface areas being associated with a corresponding cursor movement direction and functionality;
touching a touch sensitive surface area;
responding to the touching of touch sensitive surface areas, and, moving the cursor in the direction associated with the touch sensitive area being touched. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A touch sensitive element for moving a cursor in a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising:
a touch sensitive surface arranged to provide a desired number of adjacent touch sensitive surface areas, each of said areas being associated with a corresponding pre-defined cursor movement direction and functionality, each of said areas being responsive to a touching contact to control the movement of the cursor in accordance with the pre-defined direction and functionality associated with said respective touch sensitive surface areas. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. Computer program carried on a storage medium and executable by a processor in an electronic device for controlling the movement of a cursor in a display graphic shown on a screen carried by the electronic device having a user input device comprising a touch sensitive surface arranged to provide a pre-defined desired number of touch sensitive surface areas each of said touch sensitive areas being associated with a corresponding cursor movement direction and functionality wherein touching contact in a first pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to move in a corresponding first direction, touching contact in a second pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to move in a corresponding second direction, and touching contact in a third pre-defined surface area causes the cursor to stop movement.
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