IGNORING TACTILE INPUT BASED ON SUBSEQUENT INPUT RECEIVED FROM KEYBOARD

• US 20140198046A1
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Roskind, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,098,244 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/02 Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0426 tracking fingers with respect to a virtual keyboard projected or printed on the surface virtual keyboards on touch screens G06F3/04886
• 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 non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause a computer system to at least monitor for a post-tactile keyboard input within a post-tactile input threshold time after receiving a tactile input device input, ignore the tactile input device input if the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input, and recognize the tactile input device input if the post-tactile keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input.

Claims

1. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computer system to at least:

monitor for a post-tactile keyboard input within a post-tactile input threshold time after receiving a tactile input device input;

ignore the tactile input device input if the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input; and

recognize the tactile input device input if the post-tactile keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the tactile input device input is received from a trackpad or a touchpad.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the tactile input device input is received from a touchscreen.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein recognizing the tactile input device input includes recognizing a mouse move gesture.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the post-tactile keyboard input includes a predetermined number of keystrokes.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the post-tactile keyboard input includes a predetermined number of keystrokes, the predetermined number being greater than one.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the post-tactile keyboard input includes a post-tactile typing pattern matching a stored typing pattern associated with a user.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the ignoring the tactile input device input comprises ignoring the tactile input device input if;

the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input; and

the tactile input device input was received inside an accidental portion of the tactile input device; and

the recognizing the tactile input device input comprises recognizing the tactile input device input if;

the post-tactile keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input;

or

the tactile input device input was received outside an accidental portion of the tactile input device.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the ignoring the tactile input device input comprises ignoring the tactile input device input if;

the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input; and

a pressure associated with the tactile input device input does not meet a tactile input pressure threshold; and

the recognizing the tactile input device input comprises recognizing the tactile input device input if;

the post-tactile keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input;

or

the pressure associated with the tactile input device input does meet the tactile input pressure threshold.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computer system to:

determine whether a pre-tactile keyboard input was received within a pre-tactile input threshold time before receiving the tactile input device input;

wherein the ignoring the tactile input device input comprises ignoring the tactile input device input if;

the pre-tactile keyboard input is received within the pre-tactile input threshold time before receiving the tactile input device input; and

the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input; and

wherein the recognizing the tactile input device input comprises recognizing the tactile input device input if;

the pre-tactile keyboard input is not received within the pre-tactile input threshold time before receiving the tactile input device input;

or

the post-tactile keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the pre-tactile keyboard input matches a stored typing pattern associated with a user.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein:

the pre-tactile keyboard input matches a stored pre-tactile typing pattern associated with a user; and

the post-tactile keyboard input matches a stored post-tactile typing pattern associated with the user.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further configured to cause the computing device to:

queue the tactile input device input,

wherein the monitoring includes monitoring for the post-tactile keyboard input within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input while the tactile input device input is queued, and

wherein the recognizing the tactile input device input includes recognizing the queued tactile input device input.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to at least:

receive input from a tactile input device;

queue the input from the tactile input device for a post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the input from the tactile input device;

determine whether a post-tactile keyboard input is received within the predetermined period of time after receiving the input from the tactile input device;

if the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the input from the tactile input device, ignore the queued input from the tactile input device; and

if no post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the input from the tactile input device, recognize the queued tactile input device input.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

receive a pre-tactile keyboard input before receiving the input from the tactile input device,

wherein the queuing the input from the tactile input device includes queuing the input from the tactile input device for the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the input from the tactile input device based on receiving the pre-tactile keyboard input,

wherein the ignoring the queued input from the tactile input device includes ignoring the queued input from the tactile input device based on;

receiving the pre-tactile keyboard input before receiving the input from the tactile input device; and

receiving the post-tactile keyboard input within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the input from the tactile input device.

16. A computer system comprising:

a keyboard configured to receive keyboard input;

a tactile input device configured to receive tactile input; and

a controller configured to;

monitor for a post-tactile keyboard input into the keyboard within a post-tactile input threshold time after receiving a tactile input device input into the tactile input device;

ignore the tactile input device input if the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input; and

recognize the tactile input device input if the keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the post-tactile keyboard input includes a predetermined number of keystrokes, the predetermined number being greater than one.

18. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether a pre-tactile keyboard input was received within a pre-tactile input threshold time before receiving the tactile input device input;

wherein the ignoring the tactile input device input comprises ignoring the tactile input device input if;

the pre-tactile keyboard input is received within the pre-tactile input threshold time before receiving the tactile input device input; and

the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input; and

wherein the recognizing the tactile input device input comprises recognizing the tactile input device input if;

the pre-tactile keyboard input is not received within the pre-tactile input threshold time before receiving the tactile input device input;

or

the post-tactile keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input.

19. The computer system of claim 16, wherein:

the ignoring the tactile input device input comprises ignoring the tactile input device input if;

the keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input; and

the tactile input device input was received inside an accidental portion of the tactile input device; and

the recognizing the tactile input device input comprises recognizing the tactile input device input if;

the keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input;

or

the tactile input device input was received outside an accidental portion of the tactile input device.

20. The computer system of claim 16, wherein:

the ignoring the tactile input device input comprises ignoring the tactile input device input if;

the keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input; and

a pressure associated with the tactile input device input does not meet a tactile input pressure threshold; and

the recognizing the tactile input device input comprises recognizing the tactile input device input if;

the keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input;

or

the pressure associated with the tactile input device input does meet the tactile input pressure threshold.