Touchscreen interface having pop-up variable adjustment displays for controllers and audio processing systems
First Claim
1. A touchscreen interface for a controller comprising:
- a display panel which displays graphical displays;
a touch sensitive panel overlying the display panel which indicates position of a touch over the display panel;
interface processing resources coupled to the display panel and the touch sensitive panel whichsupply an interface display to the display panel having an icon representative of an adjustable parameter used by the controller, said icon having a size and a position on the touch sensitive panel;
supply a variable adjustment display to the display panel in response to a touch near the position of said icon, the variable adjustment display overlying said interface display and having a size on the touch sensitive panel larger than the size of said icon; and
adjust the adjustable parameter and remove the variable adjustment display from the display panel, in response to a touch sequence on the touch sensitive panel over the variable adjustment display.
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Abstract
A touchscreen interface for a sound processing system, such as music synthesizers, which has a display panel and a touch sensitive panel overlying the display panel, includes an icon which represents an adjustable parameter used by the processing system. The processing resources supply a variable adjustment display to the display panel in response to a touch on the position of the icon, using pop-up slider or pop-up knob motif. The variable adjustment display overlies the interface display and has a size on the touch sensitive panel larger than the size of the icon to facilitate manipulation of the variable using a finger over a significant range of values. The variable adjustment display pops up when touched to obscure a portion of the graphical display used for the interface. When the variable is adjusted using the touch sequence, the variable adjustment display is removed, and the interface display is left unobscured. This allows the user to manipulate a particular variable while maintaining the window which shows the values of related variables on the screen. By maintaining the current window on the screen, the user is less likely to get lost in a hierarchy of windows used for setting variables.
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44 Claims
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1. A touchscreen interface for a controller comprising:
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a display panel which displays graphical displays; a touch sensitive panel overlying the display panel which indicates position of a touch over the display panel; interface processing resources coupled to the display panel and the touch sensitive panel which supply an interface display to the display panel having an icon representative of an adjustable parameter used by the controller, said icon having a size and a position on the touch sensitive panel; supply a variable adjustment display to the display panel in response to a touch near the position of said icon, the variable adjustment display overlying said interface display and having a size on the touch sensitive panel larger than the size of said icon; and adjust the adjustable parameter and remove the variable adjustment display from the display panel, in response to a touch sequence on the touch sensitive panel over the variable adjustment display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A user interface on an audio system for adjusting variable parameters associated with sounds, comprising:
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a front panel including a graphical display; a touch sensitive panel over the graphical display on the front panel, which indicates position of a touch over the graphical display; and interface processing resources coupled to the front panel and the touch sensitive panel which supply an interface display to the graphical display having a plurality of icons representative of respective variable parameters used by the audio system, said icons having respective sizes and positions on the touch sensitive panel; supply a variable adjustment display to the graphical display in response to a touch near the position of a particular icon in the plurality of icons, the variable adjustment display overlying a portion of the interface display; and adjust the variable parameter represented by the particular icon and remove the variable adjustment display from the graphical display, in response to a touch sequence on the touch sensitive panel over the variable adjustment display, the variable adjustment display having a size on the touch sensitive panel larger than the size of said particular icon to facilitate using a finger for the touch sequence, the particular icon appearing similar to a reduced copy of the variable adjustment display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for setting a variable used by a controller having a touchscreen, comprising:
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supplying an interface display to the touchscreen having an icon representative of a variable parameter used by the controller, said icon having a size and a position on the touchscreen; supplying a variable adjustment display to the touchscreen in response to a touch near the position of said icon, the variable adjustment display overlying said interface display and having a size on the touchscreen larger than the size of said icon; and adjusting the variable parameter and removing the variable adjustment display from the touchscreen, in response to a touch sequence on the touchscreen over the variable adjustment display. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for adjusting parameters associated with sound generated by an audio processing system having a touchscreen, comprising:
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supplying an interface display to the touchscreen having a plurality of variable icons representative of respective adjustable parameters used by the audio processing system in producing the synthesized performance, said icons having respective sizes and positions on the touchscreen; supplying a variable adjustment display to the touchscreen in response to a touch near the position of a particular icon in the plurality of icons, the variable adjustment display overlying said interface display and having a size on the touchscreen larger than the size of said particular icon, the variable adjustment display resembling an enlarged copy of the particular icon; and adjusting the adjustable parameter represented by the particular icon and removing the variable adjustment display from the touchscreen, in response to a touch sequence on the touchscreen over the variable adjustment display. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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