Touch screen control
First Claim
1. A method implemented by at least one hardware processor of a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a first tactile contact at a first location on a touch screen;
responsive to receiving the first tactile contact, displaying a toolbar on the touch screen, wherein the first location of the first tactile contact defines positioning of the toolbar on the touch screen and the toolbar includes at least a displayed drawing command for activating a drawing tool and at least one other displayed command for performing other functionality;
receiving a second tactile contact on the touch screen;
determining that the second tactile contact identifies the displayed drawing command on the toolbar instead of the at least one other displayed command;
responsive to determining that the second tactile contact identifies the displayed drawing command, activating the drawing tool;
using the drawing tool, drawing a shape including a first point and a second point on the touch screen, the first point of the drawn shape being defined by the first location that also defines the positioning of the toolbar; and
moving the second point of the drawn shape responsive to sliding of the second tactile contact on the touch screen.
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Abstract
This document relates to touch screen controls. For instance, the touch screen controls can allow a user to control a computing device by engaging a touch screen associated with the computing device. One implementation can receive at least one tactile contact from a region of a touch screen. This implementation can present a first command functionality on the touch screen proximate the region for a predefined time. It can await user engagement of the first command functionality. Lacking user engagement within the predefined time, the implementation can remove the first command functionality and offer a second command functionality.
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20 Claims
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1. A method implemented by at least one hardware processor of a computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving a first tactile contact at a first location on a touch screen; responsive to receiving the first tactile contact, displaying a toolbar on the touch screen, wherein the first location of the first tactile contact defines positioning of the toolbar on the touch screen and the toolbar includes at least a displayed drawing command for activating a drawing tool and at least one other displayed command for performing other functionality; receiving a second tactile contact on the touch screen; determining that the second tactile contact identifies the displayed drawing command on the toolbar instead of the at least one other displayed command; responsive to determining that the second tactile contact identifies the displayed drawing command, activating the drawing tool; using the drawing tool, drawing a shape including a first point and a second point on the touch screen, the first point of the drawn shape being defined by the first location that also defines the positioning of the toolbar; and moving the second point of the drawn shape responsive to sliding of the second tactile contact on the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing device comprising:
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a touch screen; hardware storage configured to store computer-readable instructions; and at least one hardware processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions; wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to; receive a first tactile contact at a first location on the touch screen; responsive to the first tactile contact, display multiple different commands on the touch screen wherein the first location of the first tactile contact defines positioning of the multiple different commands on the touch screen, the multiple different commands displayed responsive to the first tactile contact including at least a drawing command and another command; receive a second tactile contact selecting the drawing command from the multiple different commands displayed on the touch screen; and responsive to receiving the second contact selecting the drawing command, draw a shape including a first point and a second point on the touch screen, wherein the first point of the drawn shape is defined by the first location that also defines the positioning of the multiple different commands and the second point on the drawn shape is defined by a second location of the second tactile contact. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computing device comprising:
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a touch screen; a geometry tracking component; a tactile command relation component; and at least one hardware processor configured to execute the geometry tracking component and the tactile command relation component, wherein the geometry tracking component is configured to; identify a first location on the touch screen where a first tactile contact is received from a user; wherein the tactile command relation component is configured to; responsive to the first tactile contact, cause a toolbar to be presented on the touch screen proximate the first location of the first tactile contact, wherein the toolbar has multiple icons including a drawing tool icon for selecting a drawing tool and another icon for selecting other functionality and the first location of the first tactile contact defines positioning of the toolbar on the touch screen; wherein the geometry tracking component is further configured to; identify a second location on the touch screen of a second tactile contact received from the user; wherein the tactile command relation component is further configured to; determine that the second tactile contact selects the drawing tool icon from the toolbar; and responsive to the drawing tool icon being selected by the second tactile contact, draw a shape on the touch screen, wherein the drawn shape includes a first point and a second point, the first point of the drawn shape being defined by the first location that also defines the positioning of the toolbar and the second point on the drawn shape being defined by movement of the second tactile contact on the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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