TOUCHLESS USER INTERFACES
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising a touch-sensitive screen and a touchless detecting system for detecting movement of an input object;
- the device being configured to detect a touchless movement of an input object towards or away from the screen and arranged to change at least one aspect of the appearance of a graphical user interface element as a distance from the touch-sensitive screen to the input object changes only if the input object exceeds a minimum speed, wherein the change in the graphical user interface element is independent of the coordinates of the input object in a plane parallel to the screen.
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Abstract
An electronic device (2) comprises a touch-sensitive screen (8) and a touchless detecting system for detecting movement of an input object (10). The device (2) is configured to detect a touchless movement of an input object (10) towards or away from the screen (8) and is arranged to change at least one aspect of the appearance of a graphical user interface element (6) as the distance from the touch-sensitive screen (8) to the input object (10) changes, wherein the change in the graphical user interface element (6) is independent of the coordinates of the input object (10) in a plane parallel to the screen (8).
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24 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising a touch-sensitive screen and a touchless detecting system for detecting movement of an input object;
- the device being configured to detect a touchless movement of an input object towards or away from the screen and arranged to change at least one aspect of the appearance of a graphical user interface element as a distance from the touch-sensitive screen to the input object changes only if the input object exceeds a minimum speed, wherein the change in the graphical user interface element is independent of the coordinates of the input object in a plane parallel to the screen.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- 12. A method of operating an electronic device comprising a touch-sensitive screen and a touchless detecting system for detecting movement of an input object comprising detecting a touchless movement of an input object towards or away from the screen and changing at least one aspect of the appearance of a graphical user interface element as the distance from the touch-sensitive screen to the input object changes only if the input object exceeds a minimum speed, wherein the change in the graphical user interface element is independent of the coordinates of the input object in a plane parallel to the screen.
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23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising software for operating an electronic device comprising a touch-sensitive screen and a touchless detecting system for detecting movement of an input object, the software comprising logic detecting a touchless movement of an input object towards or away from the screen and logic changing at least one aspect of the appearance of a graphical user interface element as the distance from the touch-sensitive screen to the input object changes only if the input object exceeds a minimum speed, wherein the change in the graphical user interface element is independent of the coordinates of the input object in a plane parallel to the screen.
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