DYNAMIC CONTENT ALIGNMENT IN TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE

• US 20160240173A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bostick, James E., Ganci, John M. Jr., Rakshit, Sarbajit K., Trim, Craig M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,921,740 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0693 Calibration of display systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/03 specially adapted for displays having non-planar surfaces, e.g. curved displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters

Abstract

Methods, computer program products and systems for displaying content on a touch screen of a touch screen device. One method includes: obtaining data indicating a portion of the touch screen is obstructed during display of the content on the touch screen; and adjusting a position of the content as displayed on the touch screen in response to obtaining the data indicating the portion of the touch screen is obstructed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying content on a touch screen of a touch screen device, the method comprising:

obtaining data indicating a portion of the touch screen is obstructed during display of the content on the touch screen; and

adjusting a position of the content as displayed on the touch screen in response to obtaining the data indicating the portion of the touch screen is obstructed.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data indicates a location of the obstruction on the touch screen.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the adjusting includes at least one of shifting a portion of the content displayed proximate the location of the obstruction to a new location on the touch screen or modifying a font size of the portion of the content displayed proximate the location of the obstruction.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining data indicating a data format of the content type, and performing the adjusting based upon the data format of the content type.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein, in the case that the data format of the content type indicates the content cannot be reformatted, the adjusting includes zooming in on the content or zooming out from the content.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the format of the content type that cannot be reformatted includes portable data format (PDF) content.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data indicating the portion of the touch screen is obstructed is obtained from a pressure sensor coupled with the touch screen.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the data indicating the portion of the touch screen is obstructed indicates at least one of a size of a contact point on the touch screen or a shape of the contact point on the touch screen.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the position of the content includes calculating an area of the touch screen not obstructed, and allocating display of an entirety of the content within the area of the touch screen not obstructed.

10. A system comprising:

at least one computing device configured to display content on a touch screen of a touch screen device by performing actions including;

obtaining data indicating a portion of the touch screen is contacted during display of the content on the touch screen; and

adjusting a position of the content as displayed on the touch screen in response to obtaining the data indicating the portion of the touch screen is contacted.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the data indicates a location of the contact on the touch screen.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the adjusting includes at least one of shifting a portion of the content displayed proximate the location of the contact to a new location on the touch screen or modifying a font size of the portion of the content displayed proximate the location of the obstruction.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising obtaining data indicating a data format of the content type, and performing the adjusting based upon the data format of the content type.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein, in the case that the data format of the content type indicates the content cannot be reformatted, the adjusting includes zooming in on the content or zooming out from the content, wherein the format of the content type that cannot be reformatted includes portable data format (PDF) content.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising a pressure sensor coupled with the at least one computing device and the touch screen, wherein the data indicating the portion of the touch screen is contacted is obtained from the pressure sensor.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the data indicating the portion of the touch screen is contacted indicates at least one of a size of a contact point on the touch screen or a shape of the contact point on the touch screen.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the adjusting of the position of the content includes calculating an area of the touch screen not contacted, and allocating display of an entirety of the content within the area of the touch screen not contacted.

18. A system comprising:

at least one computing device configured to display content on a touch screen of a touch screen device by performing actions including;

obtaining data indicating a portion of the touch screen is obstructed during display of the content on the touch screen; and

adjusting a position of the content as displayed on the touch screen in response to obtaining the data indicating the portion of the touch screen is obstructed.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the touch screen is part of a flexible touch screen device, and wherein the portion of the touch screen obstructed during display of the content is obstructed due to flexion of the flexible touch screen device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the adjusting of the position of the content as displayed on the touch screen includes shifting the content to a portion of the touch screen unobstructed by the flexion.