ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME

• US 20110084922A1
• Filed: 08/31/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: RIDER, Douglas Clayton, HO, Colin Stephen, KENNEY, Jeffrey Brent
• Application Number:
  US12/872,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20110084922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method includes associating regions of a touch-sensitive display with information, detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display, determining an area associated with the touch, and associating probability values with at least some of the information based on an area associated with the touch and the regions associated with the information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

associating regions of a touch-sensitive display with information;

detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display;

determining distances from the touch to at least some of the regions;

associating probability values with at least some of the information based on the distances.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information comprises characters.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information comprises characters and functions.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the functions comprise functions that affect which information is associated with the regions.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein associating probability values comprises assigning a highest probability value to information associated with a first region when a location of touch is within the first region.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the highest probability value is 1.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein associating probability values comprises assigning a probability of zero for information associated with other regions, when the location of touch is within the first region associated with the first information.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting a touch comprises determining a point location of the touch.

9. The method according to claim 1, comprising providing the probability values, for the information, to predictive text software.

10. A computer-readable medium having computer readable code executable by at least one processor of a portable electronic device to perform the method of claim 1.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display to receive a touch;

at least one processor coupled to the touch-sensitive display and configured to render information on the touch-sensitive display, detect the touch on the touch-sensitive display, determine distances from the touch to at least some of the regions, and associate probability values with at least some of the information based on the distances.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the information comprises characters.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the information comprises characters and functions.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the functions comprise functions that affect which information is associated with the regions.

15. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the touch-sensitive display is configured to determine a point location of the touch.

16. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the probability value assigned to information associated with a first region is a highest probability when a location of touch is within the first region.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein the highest probability value is 1.

18. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein a probability of zero is assigned to information associated with other regions when the location of touch is within the first region.