Method and Apparatus for Apparatus Input

• US 20150062057A1
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Soni, Shahil, Viljamaa, Timo-Pekka Olavi, Jansky, Martin
• Application Number:
  US14/015,906
• Publication Number:
  US 20150062057A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method comprising receiving an indication of a first touch input that is associated with a region of a grip surface of an apparatus, the first touch input comprising a contact input, determining that the first touch input is a setting designation input that designates a setting for adjustment, receiving an indication of a second touch input that is associated with a different region of a grip surface of the apparatus, the second touch input being separate from the first touch input, performing adjustment of a value of the setting based, at least in part, on the second touch input, and receiving an indication of a release input of the first touch input is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

receive an indication of a first touch input that is associated with a region of a grip surface of an apparatus, the first touch input comprising a contact input;

determine that the first touch input is a setting designation input that designates a setting for adjustment;

receive an indication of a second touch input that is associated with a different region of a grip surface of the apparatus, the second touch input being separate from the first touch input;

perform adjustment of a value of the setting based, at least in part, on the second touch input; and

receive an indication of a release input of the first touch input.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform determination that the second touch input corresponds with at least one predetermined grip region associated with adjustment of the setting, wherein performance of adjustment of the value of the setting is predicated by the determination that the second touch input corresponds with at least one predetermined grip region associated with adjustment of the setting.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second touch input comprises a contact input and a release input at a position that corresponds with a region of an edge of the apparatus, and performance of the adjustment of the value of the setting is by way of an increment of the value of the setting by a predetermined value.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

determination that a threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the second touch input; and

performance of another adjustment of the value of the setting by way of an increment of the value of the setting by the predetermined value based, at least in part, on the determination that the threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the second touch input.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

receipt of an indication of a third touch input that comprises a contact input and a release input at a position that corresponds with a region of an opposite edge of the apparatus from the edge of the apparatus of the second touch input; and

performance of another adjustment of the value of the setting by way of a decrement of the value of the setting by the predetermined value.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

determination that a threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the other adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the third touch input; and

performance of another different adjustment of the value of the setting by way of another decrement of the value of the setting by the predetermined value based, at least in part, on the determination that the threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the other adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the third touch input.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second touch input comprises a contact input, a movement input, and a release input, wherein the performance of the adjustment of the value of the setting by way of either of an increase of the value of the setting, or a decrease in the value of the setting based, at least in part on a direction of the movement input.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein a magnitude of the adjustment of the value of the setting is based, at least in part, on a distance of the movement input.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein a magnitude of the adjustment of the value of the setting is based, at least in part, on a speed of the movement input.

10. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a first touch input that is associated with a region of a grip surface of an apparatus, the first touch input comprising a contact input;

determining that the first touch input is a setting designation input that designates a setting for adjustment;

receiving an indication of a second touch input that is associated with a different region of a grip surface of the apparatus, the second touch input being separate from the first touch input;

performing adjustment of a value of the setting based, at least in part, on the second touch input; and

receiving an indication of a release input of the first touch input.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising determination that the second touch input corresponds with at least one predetermined grip region associated with adjustment of the setting, wherein performance of adjustment of the value of the setting is predicated by the determination that the second touch input corresponds with at least one predetermined grip region associated with adjustment of the setting.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the second touch input comprises a contact input and a release input at a position that corresponds with a region of an edge of the apparatus, and performance of the adjustment of the value of the setting is by way of an increment of the value of the setting by a predetermined value.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determination that a threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the second touch input; and

performance of another adjustment of the value of the setting by way of an increment of the value of the setting by the predetermined value based, at least in part, on the determination that the threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the second touch input.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receipt of an indication of a third touch input that comprises a contact input and a release input at a position that corresponds with a region of an opposite edge of the apparatus from the edge of the apparatus of the second touch input; and

performance of another adjustment of the value of the setting by way of a decrement of the value of the setting by the predetermined value.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

determination that a threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the other adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the third touch input; and

performance of another different adjustment of the value of the setting by way of another decrement of the value of the setting by the predetermined value based, at least in part, on the determination that the threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the other adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the third touch input.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the second touch input comprises a contact input, a movement input, and a release input, wherein the performance of the adjustment of the value of the setting by way of either of an increase of the value of the setting, or a decrease in the value of the setting based, at least in part on a direction of the movement input.

17. At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

receive an indication of a first touch input that is associated with a region of a grip surface of an apparatus, the first touch input comprising a contact input;

determine that the first touch input is a setting designation input that designates a setting for adjustment;

receive an indication of a second touch input that is associated with a different region of a grip surface of the apparatus, the second touch input being separate from the first touch input;

perform adjustment of a value of the setting based, at least in part, on the second touch input; and

receive an indication of a release input of the first touch input.

18. The medium of claim 17, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform determination that the second touch input corresponds with at least one predetermined grip region associated with adjustment of the setting, wherein performance of adjustment of the value of the setting is predicated by the determination that the second touch input corresponds with at least one predetermined grip region associated with adjustment of the setting.

19. The medium of claim 17, wherein the second touch input comprises a contact input and a release input at a position that corresponds with a region of an edge of the apparatus, and performance of the adjustment of the value of the setting is by way of an increment of the value of the setting by a predetermined value.

20. The medium of claim 19, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

determination that a threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the second touch input; and

performance of another adjustment of the value of the setting by way of an increment of the value of the setting by the predetermined value based, at least in part, on the determination that the threshold duration has elapsed since performance of the adjustment absent receipt of the release input of the second touch input.