Displaying a graphical keyboard
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more touch sensors from a plurality of touch sensors at a housing of a computing device, a touch input indicating a usage mode;
determining, based at least in part on the touch input and by the computing device, the usage mode, wherein the usage mode includes at least one of a one-handed usage mode, and a two-handed usage mode; and
displaying, based at least in part on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at a presence-sensitive screen of the computing device, wherein, if the usage mode is the one-handed usage mode, the graphical keyboard is displayed as a unitary graphical keyboard, and wherein, if the usage mode is the two-handed usage mode, the graphical keyboard is displayed as a split graphical keyboard.
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Abstract
In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a mechanism for facilitating text entry by a user interacting with a graphical keyboard displayed at a presence-sensitive screen of a computing device. For example, a computing device having a presence-sensitive screen and a housing, the housing further having a plurality of touch sensors, receives touch input at the touch sensors. The computing device determines a usage mode, based on the touch input. The computing device also displays, based on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at the presence-sensitive screen. If the usage mode is a one-handed usage mode, a unitary graphical keyboard is displayed. If the usage mode is a two-handed usage mode, a split graphical keyboard is displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more touch sensors from a plurality of touch sensors at a housing of a computing device, a touch input indicating a usage mode; determining, based at least in part on the touch input and by the computing device, the usage mode, wherein the usage mode includes at least one of a one-handed usage mode, and a two-handed usage mode; and displaying, based at least in part on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at a presence-sensitive screen of the computing device, wherein, if the usage mode is the one-handed usage mode, the graphical keyboard is displayed as a unitary graphical keyboard, and wherein, if the usage mode is the two-handed usage mode, the graphical keyboard is displayed as a split graphical keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing device comprising:
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one or more processors; a presence-sensitive screen; a housing having a plurality of touch sensors; a usage mode module operable by the one or more processors to receive a touch input at one or more touch sensors from the plurality of touch sensors, the touch input indicating a usage mode, and determine, based at least in part on the touch input, a usage mode, wherein the usage mode includes at least one of a one-handed usage mode, and a two-handed usage mode; and an interface manager operable by the one or more processors to display, based at least in part on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at the presence-sensitive screen, wherein if the usage mode is the one-handed usage mode, the graphical keyboard is displayed as a unitary graphical keyboard, and wherein, if the usage mode is the two-handed usage mode, the graphical keyboard is displayed as a split graphical keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a computing device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving touch input at one or more touch sensors from a plurality of touch sensors included in a housing of the computing device, the touch input indicating a usage mode; determining, based at least in part on the touch input, a usage mode, wherein the usage mode includes at least one of a one-handed usage mode, and a two-handed usage mode; and displaying, based at least in part on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at a presence-sensitive screen of the computing device, wherein, if the usage mode is the one-handed usage mode, the graphical keyboard is displayed as a unitary graphical keyboard, and wherein, if the usage mode is the two-handed usage mode, the graphical keyboard is displayed as a split graphical keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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