Input device and method for adjusting a parameter of an electronic system
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1. A method for effecting adjustment of a parameter comprising:
- detecting a change in position of a first object relative to a second object in a sensing region, the first object and the second object being simultaneously present in the sensing region;
determining a first measurement descriptive of the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region;
indicating a first adjustment to the parameter in response to the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the first adjustment to the parameter is based on the first measurement;
detecting a transition event;
detecting a motion of the first object in the sensing region after the transition event;
determining a second measurement descriptive of the motion of the first object relative to the sensing region; and
indicating a second adjustment to the parameter in response to the detecting the motion of the first object and a continuous presence of at least one of the first and second objects in the sensing region between a beginning of the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region and a beginning of the motion of the first object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the second adjustment to the parameter is based on the second measurement.
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Abstract
Input devices and methods are provided for effecting adjustment, in which a sensing system is adapted to detect motion of a first object and a second object in a sensing region and a processing system coupled to the sensing system. The processing system is adapted to detect a change in position of the first object relative to the second object, the first and second objects being simultaneously present in the sensing region, and effect a change in a parameter in response to a motion of the first object in the sensing region.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for effecting adjustment of a parameter comprising:
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detecting a change in position of a first object relative to a second object in a sensing region, the first object and the second object being simultaneously present in the sensing region; determining a first measurement descriptive of the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region; indicating a first adjustment to the parameter in response to the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the first adjustment to the parameter is based on the first measurement; detecting a transition event; detecting a motion of the first object in the sensing region after the transition event; determining a second measurement descriptive of the motion of the first object relative to the sensing region; and indicating a second adjustment to the parameter in response to the detecting the motion of the first object and a continuous presence of at least one of the first and second objects in the sensing region between a beginning of the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region and a beginning of the motion of the first object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the second adjustment to the parameter is based on the second measurement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for effecting adjustment of a parameter using a sensor device having a sensing region, the method comprising:
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detecting a change in an angle descriptive of a position of a first object relative to a second object in the sensing region, the first object and the second object being simultaneously present in the sensing region; determining a first measurement descriptive of the change in the angle descriptive of the position of the first object relative to the second object; indicating a first adjustment in response to the change in the angle, wherein a magnitude of the first adjustment is based on the first measurement; entering an adjustment mode for effecting adjustment of the parameter after the detecting the change in an angle; detecting a motion of the first object in the sensing region after the detecting the change in the angle; determining a second measurement descriptive of the motion of the first object relative to the sensing region; and indicating a second adjustment to the parameter after the entering the adjustment mode in response to the detecting the motion of the first object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the second adjustment to the parameter is based on the second measurement. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An input device comprising:
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a sensing system adapted to detect the presence and motion of a first object and a second object in a sensing region; a processing system coupled to the sensing system, the processing system being adapted to; determine a first measurement descriptive of a change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region; indicate a first adjustment to a parameter in response to the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the first adjustment to the parameter is based on the first measurement; detect a transition event occurring after the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region; determine a second measurement descriptive of a motion of the first object relative to the sensing region, the motion of the first object occurring after the detected transition event; and indicate a second adjustment to the parameter in response to the motion of the first object and a continuous presence of at least one of the first and second objects in the sensing region between a beginning of the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region and a beginning of the motion of the first object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the second adjustment to the parameter is based on the second measurement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An input device comprising:
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a sensing system adapted to detect the presence and motion of a first object and a second object in a sensing region; a processing system coupled to the sensing system, the processing system being adapted to; detect a change in an angle descriptive of a position of a first object relative to a second object in the sensing region, the first object and the second object being simultaneously present in the sensing region; determine a first measurement descriptive of the change in the angle descriptive of the position of the first object relative to the second object; indicate a first adjustment in response to the change in the angle, wherein a magnitude of the first adjustment is based on the first measurement; enter an adjustment mode to effect continued adjustment of the parameter after the detecting the change in the angle; detect a motion of the first object in the sensing region after the detecting the change in the angle; determine a measurement descriptive of the motion of the first object relative to the sensing region; and indicate continued adjustment to the parameter in response to the detecting the motion of the first object in the sensing region wherein a magnitude of the adjustment to the parameter is based on the measurement. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A program product comprising:
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an input device program adapted to; detect a change in position of a first object relative to a second object in a sensing region, the first object and the second object being simultaneously present in the sensing region; determine a first measurement descriptive of the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region; indicate a first adjustment to a parameter in response to the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the first adjustment to the parameter is based on the first measurement; detect a transition event after the change in position of the first object relative to the second object in the sensing region; detect a motion of the first object in the sensing region after the transition event; determine a second measurement descriptive of the motion of the first object relative to the sensing region; and indicate a second adjustment to the parameter in response to the motion of the first object and a continuous presence of at least one of the first and second objects in the sensing region between a beginning of the transition event and a beginning of the motion of the first object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the second adjustment to the parameter is based on the second measurement; and non-transitory computer-readable media bearing the input device program. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for effecting adjustment of a parameter comprising:
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detecting a change in position of a first object and a second object relative to a sensing region, the first object and the second object being simultaneously present in the sensing region; determining a first measurement descriptive of the change in position of the first object and the second object relative to the sensing region; indicating a first adjustment to the parameter in response to the change in position of the first object and the second object relative to the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the first adjustment to the parameter is based on the first measurement; detecting a transition event after detecting the change in position of the first object and the second object relative to the sensing region; detecting a motion of the first object in the sensing region after the detecting the transition event; determining a second measurement descriptive of the motion of the first object relative to the sensing region; and indicating a second adjustment to the parameter in response to the detecting the motion of the first object and a continuous presence of at least one of the first and second objects in the sensing region between a beginning of the change in position of the first object and the second object relative to the sensing region and a beginning of the motion of the first object in the sensing region, wherein a magnitude of the second adjustment to the parameter is based on the second measurement. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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