Training for substituting touch gestures for GUI or hardware keys to control audio video play

• US 8,990,689 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hill, Seth, Baurmann, Travis
• Primary Examiner(s): SAX, STEVEN PAUL
• Application Number:
  US13/076,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20120200574A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,454 Days
• Field of Search: 345473-475, 715719-721, 715/863, 715/723, 715/726, 715/702, 715/717, 715/722, 715724-725, 715/864, 348/564
• US Class Current: 715/709
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

A user can toggle between GUI input and touch screen input with the GUI hidden using touch gestures correlated to respective hidden GUI elements and, thus, to respective commands for a TV and/or disk player sending AV data thereto. When in the GUI input mode, an animated hand can be presented on the display moving through the touch gesture corresponding to a selected GUI element to train the user on which touch gestures correspond to which GUI elements (and, thus, to respective commands for a TV and/or disk player sending AV data thereto.)

Claims

1. Method for training a user on which touches on a touch screen display of an audio video (AV) device accomplish which respective commands, comprising:

presenting video on the AV device play of which is controllable by at least a first and second graphical user interface (GUI) elements presented on the AV device and/or by at least first and second keys on a wireless remote control device (RC), selection of the first GUI element and/or first key on the RC causing a respective first video control function, selection of the second GUI element and/or second key on the RC causing a respective second video control function;

responsive to user selection of the first GUI element and/or the first key on the wireless RC, presenting on screen animation of a human hand on the AV device making a first touch gesture, the function of the first gesture being the first video control function as the corresponding first GUI element and/or first RC key;

responsive to user selection of the second GUI element and/or the second key on the wireless RC, presenting on screen animation of a human hand on the AV device making a second touch gesture, the function of the second gesture being the second video control function as the corresponding second GUI element and/or second RC key;

overlaying an animation of the human hand presented responsive to selection of a GUI element and/or key on the RC onto the video being presented on the AV device and being controlled by the GUI elements and/or RC.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein responsive to a user selecting a rewind button from an onscreen GUI on the AV device an animated hand appears on the AV device and moves through a touch gesture corresponding to rewind.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a user can select to turn off animations of touch gestures being presented on the AV device by toggling a GUI element or RC key.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a circle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a spiral.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a stationary press.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is at least one linear swipe across at least a portion of the screen.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the swipe is vertical on the screen.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the swipe is horizontal on the screen.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by a digital processor to configure the processor to:

present video on a display of an audio video (AV) device, play of which video is controllable by at least a first and second graphical user interface (GUI) elements presented on the AV device and/or by at least first and second keys on a wireless remote control device (RC), selection of the first GUI element and/or first key on the RC causing a respective first video control function, selection of the second GUI element and/or second key on the RC causing a respective second video control function;

responsive to user selection of the first GUI element and/or the first key on the wireless RC, present on screen animation of a human hand on the display making a first gesture, the function of the first gesture being the first video control function as the corresponding first GUI element and/or first RC key;

responsive to user selection of the second GUI element and/or the second key on the wireless RC, present on screen animation of a human hand on the display making a second gesture, the function of the second gesture being the second video control function as the corresponding second GUI element and/or second RC key;

overlay an animation of the human hand presented responsive to selection of a GUI element and/or key on the RC onto the video being presented on the display and being controlled by the GUI elements and/or RC.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to, responsive to a user selecting a rewind button from an onscreen GUI on the display, present an animated hand on the display moving through a touch gesture corresponding to rewind.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to turn off animations of gestures being presented on the display responsive to selection of a predetermined GUI element or RC key.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein one of the gestures is a circle.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein one of the gestures is a spiral.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein one of the gestures is a stationary press.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein one of the gestures is at least one linear swipe across at least a portion of the screen.