TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL
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Abstract
This document relates to touch screen controls. For instance, the touch screen controls can allow a user to control a computing device by engaging a touch screen associated with the computing device. One implementation can receive at least one tactile contact from a region of a touch screen. This implementation can present a first command functionality on the touch screen proximate the region for a predefined time. It can await user engagement of the first command functionality. Lacking user engagement within the predefined time, the implementation can remove the first command functionality and offer a second command functionality.
19 Citations
40 Claims
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21. A device comprising:
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a touch screen; hardware storage storing computer-readable instructions; and a hardware processing unit configured to execute the computer-readable instructions; wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the hardware processing unit, cause the hardware processing unit to; receive a tactile contact on a region of the touch screen; display a first command functionality on the touch screen proximate to the region for a predefined time; and while the tactile contact has been removed from the touch screen; determine that the first command functionality displayed on the touch screen has not been engaged within the predefined time; and
,responsive to a determination that the first command functionality displayed on the touch screen has not been engaged within the predefined time, remove the first command functionality from the touch screen and display a second command functionality on the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A device comprising:
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a touch screen; hardware storage storing computer-readable instructions; and a hardware processing unit configured to execute the computer-readable instructions; wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the hardware processing unit, cause the hardware processing unit to; receive a first tactile contact and a second tactile contact in a region of the touch screen; display a first command set on the touch screen proximate to the region where the first tactile contact and the second tactile contact are received; and when the second tactile contact moves away from the first tactile contact, determine whether to perform a zoom action or modify the first command set based at least on whether the first tactile contact also moves away from the second tactile contact. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method performed on a device having a touch screen, the method comprising:
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receiving a first tactile contact and a second tactile contact on the touch screen; determining an initial distance between the first tactile contact and the second tactile contact; displaying a first command set on the touch screen in response to receiving the first tactile contact and the second tactile contact; and detecting movement of the second tactile contact away from the first tactile contact; selecting an action to perform on the touch screen in response to the movement, the action being selected based at least on the initial distance between the first tactile contact and the second tactile contact; and performing the selected action. - View Dependent Claims (34, 40)
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35. The method of claim 35, further comprising:
in the instances when the initial distance exceeds the predetermined value, performing the zoom action by zooming in on content shown on the touch screen between the first tactile contact and the second tactile contact. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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