FINGER IDENTIFICATION ON A TOUCHSCREEN
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile computing device, a first input that indicates a user touched a touchscreen display of the mobile computing device with a pointer;
determining a position of the mobile computing device with respect to the user based on information other than information from the user'"'"'s touching of the touchscreen display;
identifying the pointer as a particular finger or type of finger of the user based upon, at least, the determined position of the mobile computing device with respect to the user; and
interpreting the received first input on the touchscreen display of the mobile computing device using the identified finger or type of finger.
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Abstract
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a mobile computing device, a first input that indicates a user touched a touchscreen display of the mobile computing device with a pointer, and determining a position of the mobile computing device with respect to the user based on information other than information from the user'"'"'s touching of the touchscreen display. The method also includes identifying the pointer as a particular finger or type of finger of the user based upon, at least, the determined position of the mobile computing device with respect to the user, and interpreting the received first input on the touchscreen display of the mobile computing device using the identified finger or type of finger.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile computing device, a first input that indicates a user touched a touchscreen display of the mobile computing device with a pointer; determining a position of the mobile computing device with respect to the user based on information other than information from the user'"'"'s touching of the touchscreen display; identifying the pointer as a particular finger or type of finger of the user based upon, at least, the determined position of the mobile computing device with respect to the user; and interpreting the received first input on the touchscreen display of the mobile computing device using the identified finger or type of finger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for interpreting touchscreen input on a mobile computing device, the system comprising:
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a mobile computing device; a touchscreen display of the mobile computing device that is configured to receive input that indicates a user touched the touchscreen display with a pointer; a position extraction module of the mobile computing device that is configured to determine a position of the mobile computing device with respect to the user based on information other than information from the user'"'"'s touching of the touchscreen display; means for identifying the pointer as a particular finger or type of finger of the user based on, at least, the determined position of the mobile computing device with respect to the user; and an input interpreter of the mobile computing device that is configured to interpret the received input on the touchscreen display of the mobile computing device using the particular finger or type of finger identified by the means for identifying. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile computing device, a first input that indicates a user touched a touchscreen of the mobile computing device with a pointer; identifying the first input as corresponding to a particular graphical element displayed on the touchscreen based on the first input and offset information associated with the particular graphical element, wherein offset information associated with a graphical element indicates a distance and direction by which an input area for the graphical element is offset from a location at which the graphical element is displayed on the touchscreen; wherein an input area for a graphical element comprises an area within which received input is registered by the mobile computing device as corresponding to the graphical element; performing an action on the mobile computing device associated with the particular graphical element; after performing the action, determining whether the user intended for the first input to correspond to the particular graphical element based on second input received at the mobile computing device from the user; and adjusting the offset information associated with the particular graphical element based on the determination of whether the user intended for the first input to correspond to the particular graphical element. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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