USING PRESSURE DIFFERENCES WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN
First Claim
1. On a personal electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen, a method for responding to user input, the method comprising:
- receiving a touch on the touch-sensitive screen;
associating a pressure with the touch;
comparing the associated pressure with a first non-zero threshold; and
if the associated pressure is less than the first threshold, then performing a first user-interface action, else performing a second user-interface action distinct from the first user-interface action, wherein performing the second user-interface action is based, at least in part, on a magnitude of a difference between the associated pressure and the first threshold.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a user interface that responds to differences in pressure detected by a touch-sensitive screen. The user selects one type of user-interface action by “lightly” touching the screen and selects another type of action by exerting more pressure. Embodiments can respond to single touches, to gestural touches that extend across the face of the touch-sensitive screen, and to touches in which the user-exerted pressure varies during the course of the touch. Some embodiments respond to how quickly the user changes the amount of pressure applied. In some embodiments, the location and pressure of the user'"'"'s input are compared against a stored gesture profile. Action is taken only if the input matches “closely enough” to the stored gesture profile. In some embodiments, a notification is sent to the user when the pressure exceeds a threshold between a light and a heavy press.
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29 Claims
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1. On a personal electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen, a method for responding to user input, the method comprising:
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receiving a touch on the touch-sensitive screen; associating a pressure with the touch; comparing the associated pressure with a first non-zero threshold; and if the associated pressure is less than the first threshold, then performing a first user-interface action, else performing a second user-interface action distinct from the first user-interface action, wherein performing the second user-interface action is based, at least in part, on a magnitude of a difference between the associated pressure and the first threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14)
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11. (canceled)
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15. A personal electronic device comprising:
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a touch-sensitive screen; and a processor operatively connected to the touch-sensitive screen and configured for; receiving a touch on the touch-sensitive screen; associating a pressure with the touch; comparing the associated pressure with a first non-zero threshold; and if the associated pressure is less than the first threshold, then performing a first user-interface action, else performing a second user-interface action distinct from the first user-interface action, wherein performing the second user-interface action is based, at least in part, on a magnitude of a difference between the associated pressure and the first threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28)
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25. (canceled)
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