Audio/Visual Device Touch-Based User Interface
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a touch sensor having a touch-sensitive surface that is manually operable with a digit of a hand of a user;
a racetrack surface having a ring shape defined on the touch-sensitive surface to encompass at least a portion of the touch-sensitive surface and operable by the digit;
a processing device; and
a storage accessible to the processing device and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processing device, causes the processing device to;
receive an indication of the digit touching the racetrack surface at a position on the racetrack surface;
in response to the indication of the digit touching the racetrack surface at the position, cause a marker to be visually displayed at a location that corresponds to the position on the racetrack surface on a menu that is visually displayed on a display element;
receive an indication of the position at which the digit touches the racetrack surface being moved about the racetrack surface;
in response to the indication of the position being moved about the racetrack surface, cause the marker to be moved about the menu in a manner that corresponds to the manner in which the position is being moved about the racetrack;
receive an indication of the user increasing the pressure with which the user'"'"'s digit touches the racetrack surface at the position at a time subsequent to the position being moved about the racetrack; and
in response to the indication of the user increasing pressure with which the user'"'"'s digit touches the racetrack surface at the position, cause a menu item displayed in the vicinity of the marker to be selected, wherein causing the menu item to be selected comprises taking an action to cause an audio/visual program to be selected for playing.
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Abstract
A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user'"'"'s hand touches the racetrack surface.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a touch sensor having a touch-sensitive surface that is manually operable with a digit of a hand of a user; a racetrack surface having a ring shape defined on the touch-sensitive surface to encompass at least a portion of the touch-sensitive surface and operable by the digit; a processing device; and a storage accessible to the processing device and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processing device, causes the processing device to; receive an indication of the digit touching the racetrack surface at a position on the racetrack surface; in response to the indication of the digit touching the racetrack surface at the position, cause a marker to be visually displayed at a location that corresponds to the position on the racetrack surface on a menu that is visually displayed on a display element; receive an indication of the position at which the digit touches the racetrack surface being moved about the racetrack surface; in response to the indication of the position being moved about the racetrack surface, cause the marker to be moved about the menu in a manner that corresponds to the manner in which the position is being moved about the racetrack; receive an indication of the user increasing the pressure with which the user'"'"'s digit touches the racetrack surface at the position at a time subsequent to the position being moved about the racetrack; and in response to the indication of the user increasing pressure with which the user'"'"'s digit touches the racetrack surface at the position, cause a menu item displayed in the vicinity of the marker to be selected, wherein causing the menu item to be selected comprises taking an action to cause an audio/visual program to be selected for playing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a digit of a hand of a user touching a racetrack surface at a position on the racetrack surface, wherein the racetrack surface is defined on a touch-sensitive surface of a touch sensor to encompass at least a portion of the touch-sensitive surface and is operable by the digit; in response to the indication of the digit touching the racetrack surface at the position, causing a marker to be visually displayed at a location that corresponds to the position on the racetrack surface on a menu that is visually displayed on a display element; receiving an indication of the position at which the digit touches the racetrack surface being moved about the racetrack surface; in response to the indication of the position being moved about the racetrack surface, causing the marker to be moved about the menu in a manner that corresponds to the manner in which the position is being moved about the racetrack; receiving an indication of the user increasing the pressure with which the user'"'"'s digit touches the racetrack surface at the position at a time subsequent to receiving the indication of the position being moved about the racetrack; and in response to the indication of the user increasing pressure with which the user'"'"'s digit touches the racetrack surface at the position, causing a menu item displayed in the vicinity of the marker to be selected, wherein causing the menu item to be selected comprises taking an action to cause an audio/visual program to be selected for playing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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