Sliding Magnified Selector for Touch Screen Keyboards
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1. A virtual graphical keyboard for a touch screen consisting of multiple graphical onscreen keys and including in combination:
- means for tracking the position of a first digit of a hand of a user as it maintains contact with and slides across a portion of said touch screen away from said virtual graphical keyboard;
means for graphically enlarging said keys of said virtual graphical keyboard, one at a time and at a fixed distance and fixed angle from said first digit in order to indicate to said user a key ready to be engaged;
means for graphically highlighting said key ready to be engaged;
means for engaging said key ready to be engaged when said user taps anywhere on said touch screen with at least one other digit; and
means for momentarily graphically altering said key ready to be engaged to indicate that engagement has occurred.
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Abstract
A touch screen keyboard in which one of the user'"'"'s digits maintains contact with the touch screen, sliding across the screen below the keyboard with a magnifying cursor reaching upward from the digit onto the keyboard, enlarging one key at a time. The enlarged key is engaged when the user taps the screen anywhere else with another digit. Alternate configurations use fixed graphical buttons or accelerometer detected tapping for engagement of the enlarged key.
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21 Claims
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1. A virtual graphical keyboard for a touch screen consisting of multiple graphical onscreen keys and including in combination:
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means for tracking the position of a first digit of a hand of a user as it maintains contact with and slides across a portion of said touch screen away from said virtual graphical keyboard; means for graphically enlarging said keys of said virtual graphical keyboard, one at a time and at a fixed distance and fixed angle from said first digit in order to indicate to said user a key ready to be engaged; means for graphically highlighting said key ready to be engaged; means for engaging said key ready to be engaged when said user taps anywhere on said touch screen with at least one other digit; and means for momentarily graphically altering said key ready to be engaged to indicate that engagement has occurred. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A virtual graphical keyboard for a touch screen consisting of multiple graphical onscreen keys and including in combination:
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means for tracking the position of a first digit of a hand of a user as it maintains contact with and slides across a portion of said touch screen away from said virtual graphical keyboard; means for graphically enlarging said keys of said virtual graphical keyboard, one at a time and at a fixed distance and fixed angle from said first digit in order to indicate to said user a key ready to be engaged; means for graphically highlighting said key ready to be engaged; means for engaging said key ready to be engaged when said user taps anywhere, including on said touch screen and on a housing for said touch screen with at least one other digit, said taps anywhere being detected by a vibration sensor such as an accelerometer; and means for momentarily graphically altering said key ready to be engaged to indicate that engagement has occurred. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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