INPUT DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS GESTURING WITHIN A USER INTERFACE
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1. An input device for a handheld mobile communications device, comprising:
- a rotary input device to generate a rotary input signal when actuated;
a contact detector, disposed adjacent the rotary input device, to generate a detector input signal when actuated, the rotary input signal and the detector input signal generating a composite input signal to control a continuous gesture in a user interface when the rotary input device and contact detector are actuated in a substantially continuous user input.
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Abstract
An input device for a graphical user interface in a handheld mobile communications device. The navigation system comprises a trackball for generating trackball input when the trackball is actuated, a detector, proximate to and cooperating with the trackball, for generating detector input when the detector is actuated, and a processor to convert the trackball input and the detection input into a composite input signal for controlling a function in the graphical user interface.
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1. An input device for a handheld mobile communications device, comprising:
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a rotary input device to generate a rotary input signal when actuated; a contact detector, disposed adjacent the rotary input device, to generate a detector input signal when actuated, the rotary input signal and the detector input signal generating a composite input signal to control a continuous gesture in a user interface when the rotary input device and contact detector are actuated in a substantially continuous user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A handheld mobile communications device having an input device comprising:
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a rotary input device to generate a rotary input signal when actuated; a contact detector, disposed adjacent the rotary input device, to generate a detector input signal when actuated; a composite signal generator to generate a composite input signal when the rotary input device and contact detector are actuated in a substantially continuous user input; and
a graphical user interface in which a continuous gesture is actuated by the composite input signal.- View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of generating a continuous gesture in a graphical user interface in a handheld mobile communications device, comprising:
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detecting a substantially continuous user actuation of a rotary input device and a contact detector disposed adjacent the rotary input device; generating a composite input signal in accordance with the detected actuation of the rotary input device and the contact detector; invoking the continuous gesture in response to the composite input signal. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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