Virtual button for touch screen
First Claim
1. A method for creating a virtual push button at a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device used in conjunction with a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data related to a location within a field of the touch action, the method including the steps of:
- sensing an onset of a first touch action at the device and monitoring a continuity thereof,sensing an occurrence of a second predetermined condition,generating the virtual push button upon concurrence of sensed touch action continuation of the first touch action and sensed occurrence of the second predetermined condition.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for creating a virtual push button comprise a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device useably connected within a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data related to the location within the field of the touch action. The orthogonal data field input device includes circuitry for sensing the onset of a first touch action and for monitoring the continuity thereof; and the computing system including a second condition sensor for sensing the occurrence of a second predetermined condition; and, computing circuitry for generating the virtual push button upon the concurrence of touch action continuation and the occurrence of the second predetermined condition.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for creating a virtual push button at a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device used in conjunction with a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data related to a location within a field of the touch action, the method including the steps of:
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sensing an onset of a first touch action at the device and monitoring a continuity thereof, sensing an occurrence of a second predetermined condition, generating the virtual push button upon concurrence of sensed touch action continuation of the first touch action and sensed occurrence of the second predetermined condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Apparatus for creating a virtual push button comprising a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device connected to a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data to the computing system related to a first location within a field of the touch action, the orthogonal data field input device including sensing means for sensing the onset of a first touch action at the first location and for monitoring continuity thereof;
- and the computing system including a second condition sensing means for sensing an occurrence of a second predetermined condition; and
, computing means for generating the virtual push button upon a concurrence of touch action continuation and the second predetermined condition. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- and the computing system including a second condition sensing means for sensing an occurrence of a second predetermined condition; and
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