MODIFYING A USER-INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH ONE OR MORE ROWS OF KEYS

• US 20160357411A1
• Filed: 06/08/2015
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: MENDONCA, Rouella Joan, Glass, Andrew Stuart, Paek, Timothy S., AVILA, Gyancarlo Garcia
• Application Number:
  US14/733,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20160357411A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 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

Examples of the disclosure enable a user-interactive display presented on a touch-sensitive input panel to be modified. In some examples, a request to modify an arrangement of a plurality of keys presented on the touch-sensitive input panel is generated. The keys are arranged in a first quantity of rows and are associated with a first set of characters including a first plurality of characters and a second plurality of characters. A first key is associated with the first plurality of characters, and a second key is associated with the second plurality of characters. Based on the generated request, the keys are arranged in a second quantity of rows different from the first quantity of rows. Aspects of the disclosure enable a mobile device to be customized such that a user may provide input (e.g., via typing) in a user-friendly manner.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for modifying a user-interactive display presented on a touch-sensitive input panel, the computer-implemented method comprising:

generating a request to modify an arrangement of a plurality of keys presented on the touch-sensitive input panel, the plurality of keys arranged in a first quantity of rows and associated with a first set of characters including a first plurality of characters and a second plurality of characters, a first key of the plurality of keys associated with the first plurality of characters and a second key of the plurality of keys associated with the second plurality of characters; and

based on the generated request, arranging the plurality of keys in a second quantity of rows different from the first quantity of rows.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

generating the request, wherein the request is associated with a quantity of rows; and

based on the quantity of rows, determining the second quantity of rows.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

generating the request, wherein the request is associated with a size of at least one of the plurality of keys; and

based on the size of the at least one of the plurality of keys, determining the second quantity of rows.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

generating the request, wherein the request is associated with a portion of the touch-sensitive input panel; and

based on the portion of the touch-sensitive input panel, determining the second quantity of rows, the plurality of keys occupying the portion of the touch-sensitive input panel.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

generating the request, wherein the request is associated with a hand; and

based on the hand, determining the second quantity of rows.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

generating the request, wherein the request is associated with a quantity of hands; and

based on the quantity of hands, determining the second quantity of rows.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

generating the request, wherein the request is associated with a typing style, and

based on the typing style, determining the second quantity of rows.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

identifying an accuracy rate associated with the plurality of keys being arranged in the first quantity of rows; and

based on the identified accuracy rate, determining the second quantity of rows.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

identifying an orientation of the touch-sensitive input panel; and

based on the identified orientation of the touch-sensitive input panel, determining the second quantity of rows.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating a request comprises:

generating the request, wherein the request is associated with a second set of characters including a third plurality of characters and a fourth plurality of characters;

associating the first key with the third plurality of characters;

associating the second key with the fourth plurality of characters; and

based on the second set of characters, determining the second quantity of rows.

11. A mobile device for modifying a user-interactive display, the mobile device comprising:

a touch-sensitive input panel configured to present the user-interactive display;

a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to;

present, on the touch-sensitive input panel, a first user-interactive display including a plurality of keys arranged in a first quantity of rows, a first key of the plurality of keys representative of a first plurality of characters and a second key of the plurality of keys representative of a second plurality of characters;

generate a request to modify an arrangement of the plurality of keys; and

present, on the touch-sensitive input panel, a second user-interactive display including the plurality of keys arranged in a second quantity of rows different from the first quantity of rows.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

generate the request, wherein the request is associated with one or more of a quantity of rows, a size of at least one of the plurality of keys, and a portion of the touch-sensitive input panel; and

based on the one or more of the quantity of rows, the size of at least one of the plurality of keys, and the portion of the touch-sensitive input panel, determine the second quantity of rows.

13. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

generate the request, wherein the request is associated with one or more of a hand and a quantity of hands; and

based on the one or more of the hand and the quantity of hands, determine the second quantity of rows.

14. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

generate the request, wherein the request is associated with a typing style; and

based on the typing style, determine the second quantity of rows.

15. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

identify an accuracy rate associated with the plurality of keys being arranged in the first quantity of rows; and

based on the identified accuracy rate, determine the second quantity of rows.

16. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

identify an orientation of the touch-sensitive input panel; and

based on the identified orientation of the touch-sensitive input panel, determine the second quantity of rows.

17. A computing device comprising:

a touch-sensitive input panel configured to present a user-interactive display including a plurality of keys, the plurality of keys configurable between a first arrangement including a first quantity of rows and a second arrangement including a second quantity of rows different from the first quantity of rows;

a detector component configured to detect a sequence of strokes over the touch-sensitive input panel, wherein a stroke is a continuous transition of a human digit over the touch-sensitive input panel between respective keys of the plurality of keys, and wherein the human digit maintains contact with the touch-sensitive input panel during the sequence of strokes; and

a decoder component configured to decode a word based at least in part upon the sequence of strokes detected by the detector component.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the detector component is configured to generate a request to modify an arrangement of the plurality of keys and, based on the generated request, the touch-sensitive input panel is configured to modify the arrangement of the plurality of keys.

19. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the decoder component is configured to identify an accuracy rate associated with the decoded word and, based on the identified accuracy rate, the touch-sensitive input panel is configured to modify an arrangement of the plurality of keys.

20. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the detector component is configured to identify an orientation of the touch-sensitive input panel and, based on the identified orientation of the touch-sensitive input panel, the touch-sensitive input panel is configured to modify an arrangement of the plurality of keys.