Touch screen with pressure-dependent visual feedback
First Claim
1. A data processing system with a pressure-sensitive touch screen arranged over a display monitor, wherein the display monitor provides a graphical representation in response to a pressure registered by the touch screen, wherein the graphical representation includes an attribute that depends on a magnitude of the pressure registered by the touch screen, and wherein the graphical representation is rendered as centered around a first area on the display monitor below a second area on the touch screen at which the pressure is exerted, wherein the attribute does not change until the magnitude of the pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure value, and wherein the attribute changes in proportion to the magnitude of the pressure when the magnitude exceeds the predetermined threshold pressure value.
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Abstract
A data processing system, e.g., a remote control device, has a pressure-sensitive touch screen arranged over a display monitor. The monitor provides a visual indication depending on a magnitude of a pressure registered by the touch screen. The indication is rendered as centered on the touch area and has an attribute that depends on the pressure exerted.
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- 1. A data processing system with a pressure-sensitive touch screen arranged over a display monitor, wherein the display monitor provides a graphical representation in response to a pressure registered by the touch screen, wherein the graphical representation includes an attribute that depends on a magnitude of the pressure registered by the touch screen, and wherein the graphical representation is rendered as centered around a first area on the display monitor below a second area on the touch screen at which the pressure is exerted, wherein the attribute does not change until the magnitude of the pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure value, and wherein the attribute changes in proportion to the magnitude of the pressure when the magnitude exceeds the predetermined threshold pressure value.
- 7. Control software stored in a memory and executed by a data processing system with a pressure-sensitive touch screen arranged over a display monitor, the software being operative to have the display monitor provide a graphical representation in response to a pressure registered by the touch screen, the graphical representation including an attribute that depends on a magnitude of a pressure registered by the touch screen and to have the graphical representation rendered as centered around a first area on the display monitor below a second area on the touch screen at which the pressure is exerted, wherein the attribute does not change until the magnitude of the pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure value, and wherein the attribute changes in proportion to the magnitude of the pressure when the magnitude exceeds the predetermined threshold pressure value.
- 10. A pressure-sensitive touch screen arranged over a display monitor, wherein the display monitor is configured to provide a graphical representation in response to a pressure registered by the touch screen, the graphical representation including attribute that depends on a magnitude of a pressure registered by the touch screen, and wherein the graphical rerepresentation is rendered as centered around a first area on the display monitor below a second area on the touch screen at which the pressure is exerted, wherein the attribute does not change until the magnitude of the pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure value, and wherein the attribute changes in proportion to the magnitude of the pressure when the magnitude exceeds the predetermined threshold pressure value.
- 12. A method of facilitating user interaction with a data processing system having a pressure-sensitive touch screen arranged over a display monitor, the method comprising providing on the display monitor a graphical representation in response to a pressure registered by the touch screen, the graphical representation with an attribute that depends on a magnitude of a pressure registered by the touch screen, wherein the graphical representation is rendered as centered around a first area on the display monitor below a second area on the touch screen at which the pressure is exerted, wherein the attribute does not change until the magnitude of the pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure value, and wherein the attribute changes in proportion to the magnitude of the pressure when the magnitude exceeds the predetermined threshold pressure value.
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