Organizing display data on a multiuser display

• US 9,128,552 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2013
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Case, Michaela Rose, Locker, Howard, Nicholson, John Weldon, Stewart, Aaron Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Liang, Regina
• Application Number:
  US13/944,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20150022480A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/157, 345/173, 345/649, 345/650, 345/659, 715/863
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

For organizing display data on a multiuser display, a position module determines a first user position from the disposition of a first touch object on the multiuser display. An organization module organizes the display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a multiuser display accessible to the processor; and

a memory storing machine readable code executable by the processor, the machine readable code comprising;

a position module determining a first user position from a disposition of a first touch object on the multiuser display, the disposition comprising a location of the first touch object on the multiuser display and an orientation of the first touch object comprising a first angle from a specified axis of the multiuser display and a second angle from a plane of the multiuser display; and

an organization module organizing display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display data is organized as oriented toward the first user position.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, the position module further determining a second user position from a disposition of a second touch object and the organization module organizing the display data in response to the first user position and the second user position.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first touch object is detected using a detection selected from the group consisting of electromagnetic resonance detection, electric field detection, capacitance detection, and optical detection.

5. A method comprising:

determining a first user position from a disposition of a first touch object on a multiuser display, the disposition comprising a location of the first touch object on the multiuser display and an orientation of the first touch object comprising a first angle from a specified axis of the multiuser display and a second angle from a plane of the multiuser display; and

organizing display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the display data is organized as oriented toward the first user position.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining a second user position from a disposition of a second touch object and organizing the display data in response to the first user position and the second user position.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising identifying a first user from a touch object identifier.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the display data is provided with user information for the first user.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the display data is configured with user preferences for the first user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the disposition further comprises a handprint associated with the touch object.

12. The method of claim 5, wherein the touch object is selected from the group consisting of an electronic pen, a stylus, and a finger.

13. The method of claim 5, wherein the first touch object is detected using a detection selected from the group consisting of electromagnetic resonance detection, electric field detection, capacitance detection, and optical detection.

14. The method of claim 5, wherein a second user position is determined relative to the first user position.

15. A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform the operations of:

determining a first user position from a disposition of a first touch object on a multiuser display, the disposition comprising a location of the first touch object on the multiuser display and an orientation of the first touch object comprising a first angle from a specified axis of the multiuser display and a second angle from a plane of the multiuser display; and

organizing display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.

16. The program product of claim 15, wherein the display data is organized as oriented toward the first user position.

17. The program product of claim 15, further comprising determining a second user position from a disposition of a second touch object and organizing the display data in response to the first user position and the second user position.

18. The program product of claim 15, further comprising identifying a first user from a touch object identifier.