Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface for enabling user input

• US 20100162178A1
• Filed: 12/18/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Tuli, Apaar
• Application Number:
  US12/317,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20100162178A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]

Abstract

An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface the apparatus including: a display configured to display a first item;

a touch sensitive user input device configured to detect a touch input; a user input device configured to detect an acceleration of the apparatus;

and a controller configured to select the first item in response to detection of the touch user input and to perform a first function on the selected first item in response to detection of the acceleration of the apparatus.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a first item;

a touch sensitive user input device configured to detect a touch input;

a user input device configured to detect an acceleration of the apparatus; and

a controller configured to select the first item in response to detection of the touch user input and to perform a first function on the selected first item in response to detection of the acceleration of the apparatus.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to determine an acceleration profile of the apparatus and perform the first function if the acceleration profile corresponds to a particular profile.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the touch sensitive user input device comprises a touch sensitive display.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein the touch input comprises actuating a portion of a touch sensitive display.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first item comprises a user interface element.

6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first function is copying of the first item to enable it to be pasted elsewhere.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein, a second item is displayed and in response to detection of the acceleration of the apparatus, a second function is performed on the second item.

8. A method comprising:

displaying a first item;

detecting a touch input;

in response to the detection of the touch input selecting the first item;

detecting an acceleration input; and

in response to detection of the acceleration input, performing a first function on the selected first item.

9. A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein the acceleration input is an acceleration of the apparatus which displays the first item.

10. A method as claimed in claim 9 further comprising determining an acceleration profile of the acceleration input and performing the first function if the acceleration profile corresponds to a particular profile.

11. A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein the touch input comprises actuating a portion of a touch sensitive display.

12. A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein the first item comprises text.

13. A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein the first function is copying of the first item to enable it to be pasted elsewhere.

17. A computer program comprising program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of claim 8.

14. A computer program comprising computer program instruction means configured to control an apparatus, the apparatus comprising a display configured to display a first item, a touch sensitive user input device configured to detect a touch input and a user input device configured to detect an acceleration of the apparatus, the program instructions providing, when loaded into a processor;

means for selecting the first item in response to detection of the touch input; and

means for performing a first function on the selected first item in response to detection of acceleration of the apparatus.

15. A physical entity embodying the computer program as claimed in claim 14.

16. An electromagnetic carrier signal carrying the computer program as claimed in claim 14.

18. A user interface comprising:

a display configured to display a first item;

a touch sensitive user input device configured to detect a touch input;

a user input device configured to detect an acceleration input;

wherein in response to detection of the touch user input the first item is selected and in response to detection of the acceleration input a first function is performed on the first item.

19. A user interface as claimed in claim 18 wherein an acceleration profile of the acceleration input is determined and the first function is performed if the acceleration profile corresponds to a particular profile.

20. A user interface as claimed in claim 18 wherein the touch sensitive user input device comprises a touch sensitive display.