SKINNABLE TOUCH DEVICE GRIP PATTERNS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- obtaining input associated with one or more skin sensors of a touch-aware skin for a computing device;
detecting a grip pattern based upon the input;
ascertaining a context for the computing device associated with the grip pattern; and
selectively customizing interaction with the computing device according to the ascertained context.
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Abstract
Skinnable touch device grip pattern techniques are described herein. A touch-aware skin may be configured to substantially cover the outer surfaces of a computing device. The touch-aware skin may include a plurality of skin sensors configured to detect interaction with the skin at defined locations. The computing device may include one or more modules operable to obtain input from the plurality of skin sensors and decode the input to determine grips patterns that indicate how the computing device is being held by a user. Various functionality provided by the computing device may be selectively enabled and/or adapted based on a determined grip pattern such that the provided functionality may change to match the grip pattern.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining input associated with one or more skin sensors of a touch-aware skin for a computing device; detecting a grip pattern based upon the input; ascertaining a context for the computing device associated with the grip pattern; and selectively customizing interaction with the computing device according to the ascertained context. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computing device comprising:
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a processing system; a touch-aware skin having one or more skin sensors; and a skin driver module operable via the processing system to control the touch-aware skin;
including;obtaining input received via the one or more skin sensors at designated locations of the touch-aware skin; detecting a grip pattern based upon the input received at the designated locations of the touch-aware skin; and enabling grip dependent functionality of the computing device corresponding to the detected grip pattern. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed via a computing device, cause the computing device to implement a skin driver module configured to perform operations including:
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detecting a grip pattern applied to a computing device through a touch-aware skin of the computing device; determining an identity of a user of the computing device based upon the detected grip pattern; and adapting one or more features of the computing device to correspond to the determined identity of the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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