Touch Enhanced Interface
First Claim
1. A user interface (UI) comprising:
- a pyramidical arrangement of a set of symbols, wherein the pyramidical arrangement comprises a plurality of rows of symbols with each row of symbols comprising one additional symbol than a row that precedes it and a base row comprising a symbol for each touch of a touch combination; and
a set of operations that is identified by the set of symbols, wherein operations identified by symbols at the base row can be performed by a touch action that involves an individual touch of the touch combination and operations identified by symbols in each row preceding the base row can be performed by touch actions that involve an increasing number of touches of the touch combination.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a Touch Enhanced Interface (TEI) that translates data from touch devices into a wide variety of output actions, free from the construct of mapping such touch data to an on-screen pointer or direct screen-mapped coordinates. Based on the touch and hold of one or more fingers, the TEI enables access to different sets of operations. Then based on different taps, holds, directional slides, and directional flicks of one or more fingers, the TEI performs specific operations in an accessed set of operations. Some embodiments provide a TEI viewer that displays symbols that identify the operations that can be performed using the various touches.
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20 Claims
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1. A user interface (UI) comprising:
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a pyramidical arrangement of a set of symbols, wherein the pyramidical arrangement comprises a plurality of rows of symbols with each row of symbols comprising one additional symbol than a row that precedes it and a base row comprising a symbol for each touch of a touch combination; and a set of operations that is identified by the set of symbols, wherein operations identified by symbols at the base row can be performed by a touch action that involves an individual touch of the touch combination and operations identified by symbols in each row preceding the base row can be performed by touch actions that involve an increasing number of touches of the touch combination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of adapting user touches on a touch sensitive surface for performing operations on a computing device, the method comprising:
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providing a set of symbols that is arranged pyramidically into a plurality of rows of symbols with each row of symbols comprising one additional symbol than a row that precedes it and a base row comprising a symbol for each touch of a touch combination; and providing a set of operations that is identified by the set of symbols, wherein operations identified by symbols at the base row can be performed by a touch action that involves a single user touch of the touch combination and operations identified by symbols in each preceding row can be performed by touch actions that involve an increasing number of touches of the touch combination. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for adapting user touches on a touch sensitive surface to perform operations on a computing device, the computer program executable by at least one processor, the computer program comprising:
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a set of instructions for presenting a pyramidical arrangement of a set of symbols, wherein the pyramidical arrangement comprises a plurality of rows of symbols with each row of symbols comprising one additional symbol than a row that precedes it and a base row comprising a symbol for each touch of a touch combination; and a set of instructions for providing a set of operations that is identified by the set of symbols, wherein operations identified by symbols at the base row can be performed by a touch action that involves a single user touch of the touch combination and operations identified by symbols in each preceding row can be performed by touch actions that involve an increasing number of touches of the touch combination.
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