Method of universal multi-touch input

• US 20160004384A1
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hisashi Sato
• Original Assignee: Hisashi Sato
• Inventors: Sato, Hisashi
• Application Number:
  US14/323,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20160004384A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method of creating a virtual keyboard on a portable electronic device includes providing a multi-touch sensor area, sensing a finger touch on the sensor area, and creating virtual keypads. The keypads'"'"' positions are based on the user'"'"'s finger touch.

Claims

1. A method of creating a virtual keyboard on a portable electronic device comprising:

providing a multi-touch sensor area;

sensing a finger touch on the sensor area; and

creating virtual keypads having positions, wherein the keypads'"'"' positions are based on a user'"'"'s finger touch, wherein the virtual keypads are created on the multi-touch sensor area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the positions of the virtual keypads are set based on predetermined parameters.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined parameters are based on usage that the portable electronic device detects.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the parameters are set by a user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one of the parameters is number of virtual keypads.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one of the parameters is keypad size.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring a finger span area by detecting a range of finger movement and arranging the virtual keypads within the span area on the multi-touch sensor area.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the creation of virtual keypads is based on stored information of a user'"'"'s previous finger positions.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is cylindrical and comprises a holder that extends from the device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least one subsidiary virtual keypad separate from but adjacent to the virtual keypads.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the virtual keypads and at least one subsidiary virtual keypad comprise directional indicators corresponding to directions for a mouse.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

measuring a size of a virtual keypad by detecting a range of finger movement on the multi-touch sensor area.

13. A touch screen sensor equipped portable electronic device comprising:

a touch screen;

a contact analysis application that interacts with a position-detective touch sensor to detect a user'"'"'s finger position on the touch screen;

a processor; and

a user setting application that allows a user to store virtual keypad settings;

wherein the processor creates a virtual keypad having a position on the touch screen, wherein the keypad'"'"'s position on the touch screen is based on data received from the contact analysis application and the user setting application.

14. The touch screen sensor of claim 13 wherein the position of the virtual keypad is set based on a predetermined parameters.

15. The touch screen sensor of claim 14, wherein the predetermined parameters are based on usage that the portable electronic device detects.

16. The touch screen sensor of claim 14, wherein the parameters can be set by a user.

17. The touch screen sensor of claim 14, wherein at least one of the parameters is a number of virtual keypads.

18. The touch screen sensor of claim 14, wherein at least one of the parameters is keypad size.

19. The touch screen of claim 13, further comprising at least one subsidiary virtual keypad separate from but adjacent to the virtual keypad.

20. The touch screen of claim 19, wherein the virtual keypad and at least one subsidiary virtual keypad comprise directional indicators corresponding to directions for a mouse.