MULTI-TOUCH INPUTS FOR INPUT INTERFACE CONTROL

• US 20150130724A1
• Filed: 11/11/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Feng, Xin, Skinner, Jeffrey E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,965,170 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at a touch input component, touch input; rendering, on a display device, the touch input; determining, using a processor, multi-touch controlling input for controlling the touch input; mapping, using the processor, the multi-touch controlling input to a predetermined control action; and applying the control action to the touch input. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accepting, at a touch input component, touch input;

rendering, on a display device, the touch input;

determining, using a processor, multi-touch controlling input for controlling the touch input;

mapping, using the processor, the multi-touch controlling input to a predetermined control action; and

applying the control action to the touch input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-touch controlling input comprises multi-touch swipe input;

and

the predetermined control action comprises erasing a portion of the touch input rendered on the display device and associated with the multi-touch swipe input.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the multi-touch swipe input conforms to a predetermined swipe pattern.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the predetermined swipe pattern comprises a multi-touch back and forth pattern.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-touch controlling input comprises multi-touch swipe input;

and

the predetermined control action comprises inputting the touch input rendered on the display device into an underlying application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the multi-touch swipe input comprises an upward multi-touch swipe input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-touch controlling input comprises multi-touch swipe input;

and

the predetermined control action comprises removing previously entered touch input from an underlying application, wherein the multi-touch swipe input comprises a downward multi-touch swipe input.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-touch controlling input comprises multi-touch swipe input;

and

the predetermined control action comprises scrolling a preview portion within the touch input interface to select a previewed machine text translation of the touch input rendered on the display device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the multi-touch swipe input comprises a lateral multi-touch swipe input.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch input component and the display device are co-located.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a touch input component;

a display device;

a processor; and

a memory device storing instructions executable by the processor to;

accept, at the touch input component, touch input;

render, on the display device, the touch input;

determine multi-touch controlling input for controlling the touch input;

map the multi-touch controlling input to a predetermined control action; and

apply the control action to the touch input.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the multi-touch controlling input comprises multi-touch swipe input;

and

the predetermined control action comprises erasing a portion of the touch input rendered on the display device and associated with the multi-touch swipe input.

13. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the multi-touch swipe input conforms to a predetermined swipe pattern.

14. The information handling device of claim 13, wherein the predetermined swipe pattern comprises a multi-touch back and forth pattern.

15. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the multi-touch controlling input comprises multi-touch swipe input;

and

the predetermined control action comprises inputting the touch input rendered on the display device into an underlying application.

16. The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the multi-touch swipe input comprises an upward multi-touch swipe input.

17. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the multi-touch controlling input comprises multi-touch swipe input;

and

the predetermined control action comprises removing previously entered touch input from an underlying application, wherein the multi-touch swipe input comprises a downward multi-touch swipe input.

18. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the multi-touch controlling input comprises multi-touch swipe input;

and

the predetermined control action comprises scrolling a preview portion within the touch input interface to select a previewed machine text translation of the touch input rendered on the display device.

19. The information handling device of claim 18, wherein the multi-touch swipe input comprises a lateral multi-touch swipe input.

20. A program product, comprising:

a storage medium comprising computer readable program code, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to accept, at a touch input component, touch input;

computer readable program code configured to render, on a display device, the touch input;

computer readable program code configured to determine, using a processor, multi-touch controlling input for controlling the touch input;

computer readable program code configured to map, using the processor, the multi-touch controlling input to a predetermined control action; and

computer readable program code configured to apply the control action to the touch input.

21. An information handling device, comprising:

a touch input component;

a display device;

a processor; and

a memory device storing instructions executable by the processor to;

accept, at the touch input component, touch input;

render, on the display device, the touch input;

determine a contact area of the touch input for controlling the touch input rendering; and

apply the controlling to apply an attribute to the touch input rendering.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the attribute is selected from the group of attributes consisting of bold, italic, underline, and a predetermined font.