VARYING OUTPUT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE BASED ON TRACKING WINDOWS

• US 20150234493A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jevgenia Smorgun, Kelsey Y. Ho, Kristin M. Forster, Michael W. Funk, Nima Parivar, Philip J. Holland, Raleigh J. Ledet, Wayne C. Westerman
• Original Assignee: Jevgenia Smorgun, Kelsey Y. Ho, Kristin M. Forster, Michael W. Funk, Nima Parivar, Philip J. Holland, Raleigh J. Ledet, Wayne C. Westerman
• Inventors: Westerman, Wayne C., Holland, Philip J., Parivar, Nima, Ledet, Raleigh J., Funk, Michael W., Forster, Kristin M., Smorgun, Jevgenia, Ho, Kelsey Y.
• Application Number:
  US14/399,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20150234493A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04106 Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
• 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 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04166 Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

The present application is related to a method for providing output for a computing device. The method includes determining, by a processor, a location of a cursor, the cursor corresponding to an input device; analyzing, by the processor, whether the location is in a first tracking area for a first application; if the location is in a first tracking area, activating a first feedback profile for the first tracking area; sensing, by the input device, a first input to the input device; and providing a first output corresponding to one or more parameters determined by the first feedback profile.

Claims

1. A method for determining feedback for a computing device, comprising:

defining at least one tracking area for at least one application;

setting a feedback profile for the at least one tracking area;

providing the feedback profile to a lower level software program;

wherein

the lower level software program operates between hardware for the computing device and the at least one application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the lower level software program is a middleware program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback profile determines a haptic feedback output by the computing device or a visual output displayed by the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein setting a feedback profile comprises selecting one or more feedback parameters for the at least one tracking area.

5. The method claim 4, wherein the one or more feedback parameters include at least one of down-stroke threshold for a user input or an up-stroke threshold for a user input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking area is defined within an application window to be displayed by a display of the computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein

the at least one application includes a first application and a second application;

and

the at least one tracking area includes a first tracking area and a second tracking area;

wherein the first tracking area is defined for the first application and the second tracking area is defined for the second application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the feedback profile for the first tracking area is different from the feedback profile for the second tracking area.

9. A computer comprising:

an input device configured to detect a user input; and

a processor in communication with the input device, the processor configured to

define at least one tracking area for an application executed by the processor;

determine a feedback profile for the at least one tracking area;

wherein

an output of the computer is determined the feedback profile for an active tracking area of the at least one tracking area.

10. The computer of claim 9, wherein the active tracking area is determined by a location of a cursor in communication with the input device.

11. The computer of claim 9, wherein the at least one tracking area comprises a first tracking area for a first application and a second tracking for a second application.

12. The computer of claim 9, wherein the output of the computer comprises at least one of a visual output or a haptic output.

13. The computer of claim 9, wherein the feedback profile further determines recognizable inputs to the input device.

14. The computer of claim 13, wherein the recognizable inputs include at least one of a gesture or multi-finger input.

15. A method for providing output for a computing device, comprising:

determining, by a processor, a location of a cursor, the cursor corresponding to an input device;

analyzing, by the processor, whether the location is in a first tracking area for a first application;

if the location is in a first tracking area, activating a first feedback profile for the first tracking area;

sensing, by the input device, a first input to the input device; and

providing a first output corresponding to one or more parameters determined by the first feedback profile.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein if the location is not a tracking area, sensing a second input to the input device and providing a second output corresponding to a second feedback profile.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining, by the processor, whether the cursor has been in the first tracking area for a predetermined time period.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the first output is provided by at least one of a display or the input device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the output is a visual output provided by the display.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the output is a haptic feedback provided by moving at least one component of the input device.