METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUT AND POINTER USING BORDER TOUCH

• US 20160187993A1
• Filed: 05/09/2014
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyuk Won
• Original Assignee: Hyuk Won
• Inventors: JU, Hye Sun, WON, Hyuk, PARK, Gwan Soo
• Application Number:
  US14/907,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20160187993A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/11 Hand-related biometrics; Hand pose recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for detecting whether the posture in which a terminal is grasped by a user is a first predetermined posture, and if the first predetermined posture is detected, for displaying a GUI object on a touchscreen of the terminal. Additionally provided are a method and an apparatus for detecting whether the posture in which a terminal is grasped by a user is the first predetermined posture, and if the first predetermined posture is detected, for the touchscreen receiving a touch from the user and generating a pointer for the touch.

Claims

1. A method of providing a touch input of a terminal, the method comprising:

detecting that a posture of a user gripping an edge of the terminal is a first predetermined posture; and

displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) object on a touchscreen of the terminal when the first predetermined posture is detected.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the GUI object is an alphanumeric keypad.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first predetermined posture is a posture that all five fingers of one hand of the user are in contact with the edge of the terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that a posture of the user gripping the edge of the terminal is a second predetermined posture; and

changing the GUI object displayed on the touchscreen when the second predetermined posture is detected.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second predetermined posture is a posture in which the first predetermined posture is modified by modifying a posture of one finger among the five fingers.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the modifying is removing the one finger from the edge.

7. A terminal providing a touch input, the terminal comprising:

a touchscreen configured to receive a touch input of a user; and

a processor configured to detect that a posture of the user gripping an edge of the terminal is a first predetermined posture and display a graphical user interface (GUI) object on the touchscreen when the first predetermined posture is detected.

8. A method of providing a touch input of a terminal, the method comprising:

detecting that a posture of a user gripping an edge of the terminal is a first predetermined posture;

recognizing a touch on a touchscreen of the terminal in a state in which the edge is gripped at the first predetermined posture; and

displaying a pointer at a position of the touch on the touchscreen.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first predetermined posture is a posture that all five fingers of one hand are in contact with the edge of the terminal.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

detecting that a posture of the user gripping the edge of the terminal while the touch is maintained is a second predetermined posture; and

generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) event,

wherein the generated first GUI event is determined based on the detected second predetermined posture.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the generating of the first GUI event comprises generating the first GUI event corresponding to the detected second predetermined posture with respect to a GUI object indicated by the pointer.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein a plurality of second predetermined postures and a plurality of first GUI events are provided, and the plurality of second predetermined postures corresponds to the plurality of GUI events, respectively.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

recognizing a drag of the touch in a state in which the edge is gripped of the second predetermined posture; and

generating a second GUI event corresponding to the recognized drag.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

re-detecting the first predetermined posture after the second predetermined posture is detected,

wherein the generating of the first GUI event is performed after the re-detecting.

15. A terminal providing a touch input, the terminal comprising:

a touchscreen configured to receive a touch input of a user; and

a processor configured to detect that a posture of a user gripping an edge of the terminal is a first predetermined posture, recognizes a touch on the touchscreen in a state in which the edge is gripped of the first predetermined posture, and display a pointer at a position of the touch on the touchscreen.