Control of the operating system on a computing device via finger angle using a high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) touch user interface
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1. A method for controlling an operating system of a computing device, the method comprising:
- configuring a user interface touchpad to be responsive to at least one angle of contact with at least one finger, the finger belonging to a human user of a computing device and the user interface touchpad in communication with an operating system of the computing device;
measuring at least one change in one angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touchpad and producing measured data;
performing real-time calculations on the measured data to produce a measured-angle value; and
using the measured-angle value to control the value of at least one user interface parameter of the operating system;
wherein at least one aspect of the operation of the operating system changes responsive to the angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touchpad.
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Abstract
A high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) controls a variety of computer windows systems and applications by detecting a user'"'"'s finger movement in the left-right, forward-backward, roll, pitch, yaw, and downward pressure directions. One or more of the detected finger movements are then used to control specific computer applications including focusing a user'"'"'s attention to one of several web pages, gesture recognition, magnification control, 3D-polyhedral menu selection, Internet browsers, navigation applications, games, media players, spreadsheets, and controlling the functions of mobile devices.
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1. A method for controlling an operating system of a computing device, the method comprising:
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configuring a user interface touchpad to be responsive to at least one angle of contact with at least one finger, the finger belonging to a human user of a computing device and the user interface touchpad in communication with an operating system of the computing device; measuring at least one change in one angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touchpad and producing measured data; performing real-time calculations on the measured data to produce a measured-angle value; and using the measured-angle value to control the value of at least one user interface parameter of the operating system; wherein at least one aspect of the operation of the operating system changes responsive to the angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touchpad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for controlling an operating system of computing device, the method comprising:
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configuring a user interface touchpad to be responsive to at least one angle of contact with at least one finger, the finger belonging to a human user of a computing device and the user interface touchpad in communication with an operating system of the computing device; measuring at least one change in at least one angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touchpad to produce measured data; performing real-time calculations on the measured data to produce a measured-angle value; and using the measured-angle value to control the value of at least one user interface parameter of the operating system; wherein at least one aspect of a displayed user interface to the operating system changes responsive to the angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touchpad. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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