SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME ADAPTATION OF A GUI APPLICATION FOR LEFT-HAND USERS

• US 20140289657A1
• Filed: 03/19/2013
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BESKROVNY, Evgeny, ARI, Iris LEV, LEV, Yaron
• Granted Patent: US 8,922,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method for the adaptation of a graphic user interface (GUI) designed for right-hand users, for the use of left-hand users, comprises the steps of: a) for the application running on a tablet, identifying the controls that make a difference from the perspective of right/left handed users; b) suggesting new coordinates for these controls; and c) changing the coordinates of said controls to adopt the content to the left/right handed users.

Claims

1. A method for the adaptation of a graphic user interface (GUI) designed for right-hand users, for the use of left-hand users, comprising the steps of:

a) For the application running on a tablet, identifying the controls that make a difference from the perspective of right/left handed users;

b) Suggesting new coordinates for these controls; and

c) Changing the coordinates of said controls to adopt the content to the left/right handed users.

2. A method according to claim 1, comprising setting a hook on a message loop to intercept the messages for window controls.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein Javascript instructions are provided in an HTML, which instructions change the coordinates for specified controls.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the specified controls comprise Control.Style.position, Control.Style.left and Control.Style.right.

5. A flat touch-screen device, comprising software suitable to:

1) identify, for the application running on a tablet, the controls that make a difference from the perspective of right/left handed users;

2) Suggest new coordinates for these controls; and

3) Change the coordinates of said controls to adopt the content to the left/right handed users.

6. A device according to claim 5, which is a tablet PC.