Handedness detection for a physical manipulatory grammar

• US 6,630,922 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2001
• Issued: 10/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Fishkin, Kenneth P., Harrison, Beverly L., Mochon, Carlos, Want, Roy
• Primary Examiner(s): Saras, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE
• Application Number:
  US09/811,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20030076343A1
• Time in Patent Office: 931 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/169, 345/158, 345/167, 345/163, 345/184, 715/512, 715/530
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer

Abstract

A device supporting a user interface includes a feedback module for presenting information related to a data structure and a processor for controlling the feedback module and the data structure. The device also has a detector for determining handedness of a user, allowing modification of the displayed data structure based on handedness of a user.

Claims

1. A device supporting a manipulatable user interface capable of user annotation, the device comprising:

a feedback module for displaying a data structure;

a processor for controlling the feedback module and the data structure; and

a detector for determining handedness of a user including a first and a second pressure sensor, the detector being connected to the processor, wherein the processor shifts a positional arrangement of the displayed data structure to a side of the manipulatable user interface to provide space for user annotation according to a determination of handedness of a user based on a difference in pressure between the first and the second pressure sensor.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first pressure sensor is situated on a right back-edge of the device and the second pressure sensor is situated on a left back-edge of the device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein a content of the displayed data structure after the display of the displayed data structure is modified is the same as the content of the displayed data structure before the display of the displayed data structure is modified.

4. A device supporting a manipulatable user interface capable of user annotation, the device comprising:

a feedback module that presents a first set of information related to a data structure;

a processor that controls the feedback module and the data structure; and

a detector including a first and a second pressure sensor, the detector being connected to the processor and integrally connected on a periphery of the feedback module, wherein the processor shifts a positional arrangement of the first set of information displayed to a side within the manipulatable user interface to provide space for user annotation according to a determination of handedness of a user based on a difference in pressure between the first and the second pressure sensor.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the first set of information remains the same before and after the positional arrangement of the first set of information is modified.

6. A device supporting a manipulatable user interface capable of user annotation, the device comprising:

a feedback module for presenting information related to a data structure;

a processor for controlling the feedback module and the data structure; and

a detector including a first and a second pressure sensor, the detector being connected to the processor, wherein the processor shifts a positional arrangement of the displayed data structure to a side of the manipulatable user interface to provide space for user annotation based on handedness of a user indicated by a difference in pressure between the first and the second pressure sensor using the detector connected to the processor.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the detector for the first pressure sensor is situated on a right back-edge of the device and the second pressure sensor is situated on a left hack-edge of the device.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein a content of the displayed data structure after the presented information is modified is the same as the content of the displayed data structure before the displayed data structure is modified.