METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING KEYS OF A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

• US 20120206370A1
• Filed: 02/10/2011
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: IVANOVIC, Aleksandar
• Application Number:
  US13/024,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20120206370A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 and apparatus for a touch sensitive device to display a first set of keys on a first window on a display of the touch sensitive device. The touch sensitive device receives a first touch event comprising a plurality of first touch values. The touch sensitive device receives a second touch event comprising a plurality of second touch values associated with a touch detected by the touch sensitive device. The touch sensitive device displays a second set of the one or more keys on a second window of the one or more windows based at least in part on the second touch event.

Claims

1. A method of a touch sensitive device for displaying one or more keys of a virtual keyboard on one or more windows of a graphical user interface of the touch sensitive device, the method comprising:

displaying a first set of the one or more keys on a first window of the one or more windows;

receiving a first touch event comprising a plurality of first touch values;

receiving a second touch event comprising a plurality of second touch values associated with a touch detected by the touch sensitive device; and

displaying a second set of the one or more keys on a second window of the one or more windows based at least in part on the second touch event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the size of the second window is associated with the size of the first window.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying a second set of the one or more keys on a second window occurs when at least one threshold is met by at least one difference between the first touch values and the second touch values.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein

the at least one threshold includes one of a time threshold and a diagonal threshold,

the time threshold is met by a time difference between the first touch values and second touch values, and

the diagonal threshold is met by at least one location difference between the first touch values and the second touch values.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the time difference is a difference between a first time value of the first touch values and a second time value of the second touch values and the at least one location difference is a difference between at least one first location value of the first touch values and at least one second location value of the second touch values.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second touch value includes a type and the type is that of one of a move event and a touch up event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more keys comprised by the second set is based at least in part on one of the one or more keys that is associated with the first touch event.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deactivating the first window when the second window is displayed, wherein the deactivating comprises changing a color of the first set of the one or more keys.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a third touch event comprising a plurality of third touch values;

displaying a third set of the one or more keys on a third window of the one or more windows based at least in part on the third touch event; and

deactivating the first window and the second window when the third window is displayed, wherein the deactivating comprises changing a color of the first set and the second set of the one or more keys;

wherein the one or more keys comprised by the third set is based at least in part on one of the one or more keys comprised by the second set that is associated with the second touch event.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the third window is displayed on top of one of the first window and the second window.

11. A an apparatus comprising:

a display;

one or more touch sensors; and

one or more processors configured to;

display a first set of the one or more keys on a first window of the one or more windows;

receive a first touch event comprising a plurality of first touch values;

receive a second touch event comprising a plurality of second touch values associated with a touch detected by the touch sensitive device; and

display a second set of the one or more keys on a second window of the one or more windows based at least in part on the second touch event.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the size of the second window is associated with the size of the first window.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the displaying a second set of the one or more keys on a second window occurs when at least one threshold is met by at least one difference between the first touch values and the second touch values.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more keys comprised by the second set is based at least in part on one of the one or more keys that is associated with the first touch event.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving a third touch event comprising a plurality of third touch values;

displaying a third set of the one or more keys on a third window of the one or more windows based at least in part on the third touch event; and

deactivating the first window and the second window when the third window is displayed, wherein the deactivating comprises changing a color of the first set and the second set of the one or more keys;

wherein the one or more keys comprised by the third set is based at least in part on one of the one or more keys comprised by the second set that is associated with the second touch event; and

wherein the third window is displayed on top of one of the first window and the second window.

16. A computer readable medium bearing code which, when executed, causes a computing device to:

display a first set of the one or more keys on a first window of the one or more windows;

receive a first touch event comprising a plurality of first touch values;

receive a second touch event comprising a plurality of second touch values associated with a touch detected by the touch sensitive device; and

display a second set of the one or more keys on a second window of the one or more windows based at least in part on the second touch event.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the size of the second window is associated with the size of the first window.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the displaying a second set of the one or more keys on a second window occurs when at least one threshold is met by at least one difference between the first touch values and the second touch values.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more keys comprised by the second set is based at least in part on one of the one or more keys that is associated with the first touch event.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further causing the computing device to:

receiving a third touch event comprising a plurality of third touch values;

displaying a third set of the one or more keys on a third window of the one or more windows based at least in part on the third touch event; and

deactivating the first window and the second window when the third window is displayed, wherein the deactivating comprises changing a color of the first set and the second set of the one or more keys;

wherein the one or more keys comprised by the third set is based at least in part on one of the one or more keys comprised by the second set that is associated with the second touch event; and

wherein the third window is displayed on top of one of the first window and the second window.

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