SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A user interface pointing apparatus for an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
- a primary mechanical knob operated by a user using movement operations;
one or more secondary touch sensitive surfaces operated by the user using touching operations, said primary mechanical knob being adjacent to said one or more touch sensitive surfaces;
a processor for receiving said movement operations and said touching operations performed on said mechanical knob and said one or more touch sensitive surfaces, wherein both said movement operations and said touching operations interpreted by the processor as pointing commands to the same pointer.
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Abstract
A user interface pointing apparatus for an electronic device. The apparatus comprises: a primary mechanical knob operated by a user using movement operations; one or more touch sensitive surfaces operated by a user using movement operations, the mechanical knob being adjacent to the touch sensitive surfaces; and a processor for receiving the movement operations and the touching operations for receiving said movement operations and said touching operations performed on the mechanical knob and the touch sensitive surfaces, wherein both the movement operations and the touching operations interpreted by the processor as pointing commands to the same pointer.
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19 Claims
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1. A user interface pointing apparatus for an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
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a primary mechanical knob operated by a user using movement operations; one or more secondary touch sensitive surfaces operated by the user using touching operations, said primary mechanical knob being adjacent to said one or more touch sensitive surfaces; a processor for receiving said movement operations and said touching operations performed on said mechanical knob and said one or more touch sensitive surfaces, wherein both said movement operations and said touching operations interpreted by the processor as pointing commands to the same pointer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for inputting information into an electronic device using a pointing user interface apparatus, the method comprising:
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providing a user interface pointing apparatus comprising; primary mechanical knob operated by a user using movement operations; one or more secondary touch sensitive surfaces operated by the user using touching operations, primary mechanical knob being adjacent to said one or more touch sensitive surfaces; processor for receiving said movement operations and said touching operations performed on said mechanical knob and said one or more touch sensitive surfaces, inputting both by said movement operations and by said touching operations are interpreted as pointing commands to a single pointer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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