USER INTERFACES, ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS

• US 20150067488A1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Yingfei
• Granted Patent: US 9,841,893 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/268
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/014 Force feedback applied to GUI
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: enable detection of one or more stroke user inputs for use in deciphering an entered character during a character entry mode; enable detection of a jolt during the character entry mode; upon detection of the jolt, associate one or more of the stroke user inputs with the jolt; and provide for a predetermined timeout period during which the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of considered for removal from display and considered for removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

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

enable detection of one or more stroke user inputs for use in deciphering an entered character during a character entry mode;

enable detection of a jolt during the character entry mode;

upon detection of the jolt, associate one or more of the stroke user inputs with the jolt; and

provide for a predetermined timeout period during which the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of

considered for removal from display and

considered for removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to enable detection of one or more further stroke user inputs during the predetermined timeout period to allow input of a character to be completed with the one or more associated stroke user inputs, and if one or more further stroke user inputs are detected during the predetermined timeout period, the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of displayed and considered in deciphering the entered character.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to enable detection of one or more further stroke user inputs during the predetermined timeout period to allow input of a character to be completed, and if one or more further stroke user inputs are detected during the predetermined timeout period, the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of removed from display and removed from consideration in deciphering the entered character.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to remove the one or more associated stroke user inputs from display but still consider the one or more associated stroke user inputs in deciphering the entered character according to a predetermined criterion.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the predetermined criterion for still considering the one or more associated stroke user inputs in deciphering the entered character includes at least one of:

determining that one or more further stroke user inputs entered during the predetermined timeout period are entered partially or wholly in the same region as the one or more associated stroke user inputs; and

determining that the associated stroke user inputs contribute to an entered character which can be deciphered.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to remove from consideration the one or more associated stroke user inputs in deciphering the entered character according to a predetermined criterion which includes at least one of:

determining that the one or more associated stroke user inputs touch the edge of a predefined stroke user input region;

determining that the one or more associated stroke user inputs include more than a predetermined number of direction changes;

determining that the one or more associated stroke user inputs cross one or more previously entered stroke user inputs more than a predetermined number of times; and

determining that the one or more associated stroke user inputs provide a change in applied pressure exceeding a predetermined pressure range during the character entry.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to enable detection of one or more further stroke user inputs after the predetermined timeout period to allow input of a character to be completed, with the one or more associated stroke user inputs, and if one or more further stroke user inputs are detected after the predetermined timeout period, the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of displayed and considered in deciphering the entered character.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to enable detection of one or more further stroke user inputs after the predetermined timeout period to allow input of a character to be completed, and if one or more further stroke user inputs are detected after the predetermined timeout period, the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of removed from display and removed from consideration in deciphering the entered character.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that no further stroke user inputs are detected during the predetermined timeout period for use in deciphering the entered character.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to indicate to the user the one or more associated stroke user inputs, to allow the user to at least one of:

remove from display; and

remove from consideration in deciphering the entered character, the one or more associated stroke user inputs.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is configured to present an option for selection by the user during the predetermined timeout period, the selection of the option allowing the user one or more of:

removal from display; and

removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character, of the one or more associated stroke user inputs.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured such that upon completion of character entry, the apparatus provides one or more predefined deciphered characters for selection, the predefined deciphered characters determined by the apparatus to match the entered character.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the entered character comprises a series of two or more sub-characters.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to decipher at least one of, a letter character, a textual character, a number, a graphic character, an emoticon, a glyph, and a punctuation mark.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to enable detection of one or more stroke user inputs entered by a user on a touch-sensitive display.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to enable detection of the jolt via one or more of an accelerometer of the apparatus and an accelerometer located with a stylus for entering stroke user inputs to the apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to recognise characteristics of the user'"'"'s handwriting by eliminating associated stroke user inputs from consideration in deciphering the entered character.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform one or more of removal from display or removal from consideration in deciphering an entered character of one or more associated stroke user inputs without user confirmation.

19. (canceled)

20. A method, the method comprising:

detecting one or more stroke user inputs for use in deciphering an entered character during a character entry mode;

detecting a jolt during the character entry mode;

upon detecting the jolt, associating one or more of the stroke user inputs with the jolt; and

providing for a predetermined timeout period during which the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of

considered for removal from display and

considered for removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character.

21. A computer program comprising code configured to:

enable detection of one or more stroke user inputs for use in deciphering an entered character during a character entry mode;

enable detection of a jolt during the character entry mode;

upon detection of the jolt, associate one or more of the stroke user inputs with the jolt; and

provide for a predetermined timeout period during which the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of

considered for removal from display and

considered for removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character.