VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH SLIDER BUTTONS
First Claim
1. A computing system, comprising:
- a touch display;
a virtual keyboard visually presented by the touch display, the virtual keyboard including one or more slider buttons, each slider button including a plurality of touch-selectable items;
a touch-detection module configured to recognize which of the plurality of touch-selectable items is being touched;
a visual-feedback module configured to visually indicate that a touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection responsive to that touch-selectable item being touched; and
a selection module configured to input a touch-selectable item responsive to a touch lifting from that touch-selectable item while the visual-feedback module visually indicates that touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection.
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Abstract
A computing system includes a touch display and a virtual keyboard visually presented by the touch display. The virtual keyboard includes one or more slider buttons, and each slider button includes a plurality of touch-selectable items. The computing system further includes a touch-detection module configured to recognize which of the plurality of touch-selectable items is being touched, and a visual-feedback module configured to visually indicate that a touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection responsive to that touch-selectable item being touched. The computing system also includes a selection module configured to input a touch-selectable item responsive to a touch lifting from that touch-selectable item while the visual-feedback module visually indicates that touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing system, comprising:
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a touch display; a virtual keyboard visually presented by the touch display, the virtual keyboard including one or more slider buttons, each slider button including a plurality of touch-selectable items; a touch-detection module configured to recognize which of the plurality of touch-selectable items is being touched; a visual-feedback module configured to visually indicate that a touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection responsive to that touch-selectable item being touched; and a selection module configured to input a touch-selectable item responsive to a touch lifting from that touch-selectable item while the visual-feedback module visually indicates that touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A handheld computing system, comprising:
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a touch display; a virtual keyboard visually presented by the touch display, the virtual keyboard including one or more slider buttons having a continuous and visually distinct boundary, each slider button including a plurality of borderless touch-selectable items anchored interior the continuous and visually distinct boundary of the slider button; a touch-detection module configured to recognize which of the plurality of touch-selectable items is being touched; a visual-feedback module configured to visually indicate that a touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection by magnifying and shifting a position of that touch-selectable item and expanding the continuous and visually distinct boundary of the slider button to accommodate a magnified size and shifted position of that touch-selectable item responsive to that touch-selectable item being touched; and a selection module configured to input a touch-selectable item responsive to a touch lifting from that touch-selectable item while the visual-feedback module visually indicates that touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of processing user input, the method comprising:
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visually presenting with a touch display a virtual keyboard including one or more slider buttons, each slider button including a plurality of touch-selectable items; recognizing which of the plurality of touch-selectable items is being touched; visually indicating that a touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection responsive to that touch-selectable item being touched; and inputting a touch-selectable item responsive to a touch lifting from that touch-selectable item while the visual-feedback module visually indicates that touch-selectable item is considered to be ready for selection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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