System and method for real-time adaptation of a GUI application for left-hand users

• US 8,922,515 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2013
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Beskrovny, Evgeny, Ari, Iris Lev, Lev, Yaron
• Primary Examiner(s): SHENG, TOM V
• Application Number:
  US13/846,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/619, 345/650, 715/700, 715/765, 715/771, 715/866
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method for the adaptation of a graphic user interface (GUI) designed for right-hand users, for the use of left-hand users, comprises the steps of: a) for the application running on a tablet, identifying the controls that make a difference from the perspective of right/left handed users; b) suggesting new coordinates for these controls; and c) changing the coordinates of said controls to adopt the content to the left/right handed users.

Claims

1. A method for the adaptation of a graphic user interface (GUI) designed for right-hand users, for the use of left-hand users, comprising the steps of:

a) installing, on a computerized device, a window or browser interfaceable software layer for generating a handedness specific GUI;

b) executing an operating system of said computerized device with said software layer;

c) inputting to said software layer a change in handedness request;

d) rebooting said computerized device using information related to said change in handedness request; and

e) performing the following operations by said software layer;

i) for an application running on said computerized device, identifying those objects of a corresponding handedness specific GUI that are controls;

ii) intercepting positioning commands sent from said operating system to each of said controls;

iii) generating new coordinates for said controls in response to said change in handedness request; and

iv) changing coordinates of each of said controls to said new coordinates, respectively, whereby to adapt the appearance of said corresponding handedness specific GUI.

2. A method according to claim 1, comprising setting a hook on a message loop to intercept the messages for window controls.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein Javascript instructions are provided in an HTML, which instructions change the coordinates for specified controls.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the specified controls comprise Control.Style.position, Control.Style.left and Control.Style.right.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the computerized device is a tablet PC.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of changing coordinates of each of said controls to said new coordinates, respectively, is performed by mirroring all or a portion of the GUI.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the software layer also performs the following operations:

i) intercepts positioning commands sent from said operating system to each of other objects of said corresponding handedness specific GUI that are not controls;

ii) generates new coordinates for each of said other objects in response to said change in handedness request; and

iii) change coordinates of each of said other objects to said new coordinates, respectively, whereby to adapt the appearance of said corresponding handedness specific GUI.

8. A computerized device, comprising a memory device on which is running an operating system executed with a window or browser interfaceable software layer for generating a handedness specific GUI, said software layer, following a reboot operation, operable to:

a) identify, for an application running on said computerized device, those objects of a corresponding handedness specific GUI that are controls;

b) intercept positioning commands sent from said operating system to each of said controls;

c) generate new coordinates for said controls in response to said change in handedness request; and

d) change coordinates of each of said controls to said new coordinates, respectively, whereby to adapt the appearance of said handedness specific GUI.

9. A device according to claim 8, wherein the computerized device comprises a flat touch screen.

10. A device according to claim 9, wherein the computerized device is a tablet PC.