Tactile feedback devices for configurable touchscreen interfaces
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for providing tactile feedback to a user of a touchscreen interface, the method comprising:
- providing the touchscreen interface;
displaying a device display in a first position on the touchscreen interface independent of any tactile feedback device such that the device display does not correspond to any tactile feedback device, the device display corresponding to an instrument displayed on the touchscreen interface;
displaying a virtual control on the device display such that the device display comprises a first display configuration with the virtual control located at a first virtual control position on the device display;
one ofrelocating the device display being displayed on the touchscreen interface from the first position to a second position, the second position being according to a position of a tactile feedback device positioned on a surface of the touchscreen interface at the second position while maintaining the first display configuration;
orrelocating the virtual control being displayed within the device display from a first virtual control position to a second virtual control position according to a position of the tactile feedback device on the device display while the device display is maintained on the touchscreen interface at the first position such that the instrument comprises a second display configuration with the virtual control located at a second virtual control position on the device display,wherein the tactile feedback device comprises a tactile reference that substantially frames the virtual control and that guides user input on the tactile reference to the virtual control on the touchscreen interface.
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Abstract
The disclosure herein provides for use of tactile feedback devices that may be removably coupled to a touchscreen interface. Aspects of the disclosure provide for the configuration of a virtual control of a device display according to characteristics of a tactile feedback device. The tactile feedback device provides a user with haptic feedback that increases the accuracy of input to the virtual control of the device display while decreasing the visual attention used to provide the input. Aspects allow for input to the virtual control adjacent to the tactile feedback device or via the tactile feedback device.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing tactile feedback to a user of a touchscreen interface, the method comprising:
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providing the touchscreen interface; displaying a device display in a first position on the touchscreen interface independent of any tactile feedback device such that the device display does not correspond to any tactile feedback device, the device display corresponding to an instrument displayed on the touchscreen interface; displaying a virtual control on the device display such that the device display comprises a first display configuration with the virtual control located at a first virtual control position on the device display; one of relocating the device display being displayed on the touchscreen interface from the first position to a second position, the second position being according to a position of a tactile feedback device positioned on a surface of the touchscreen interface at the second position while maintaining the first display configuration;
orrelocating the virtual control being displayed within the device display from a first virtual control position to a second virtual control position according to a position of the tactile feedback device on the device display while the device display is maintained on the touchscreen interface at the first position such that the instrument comprises a second display configuration with the virtual control located at a second virtual control position on the device display, wherein the tactile feedback device comprises a tactile reference that substantially frames the virtual control and that guides user input on the tactile reference to the virtual control on the touchscreen interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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configure a device display in a first position on a touchscreen interface, the device display on the touchscreen interface independent of any tactile feedback device such that the device display does not correspond to any tactile feedback device, wherein the device display comprises a virtual control configured to receive input from a user via contact with the virtual control in a predefined manner such that the device display is configured in a first display configuration with the virtual control located at a first virtual control position on the device display; determine a position of a tactile feedback device removably coupled to the touchscreen interface; relocate the device display on the touchscreen interface from the first position to a second position, the second position being according to the position of the tactile feedback device on a surface of the touchscreen interface such that the virtual control substantially aligns with the tactile feedback device while maintaining the first display configuration; receive a user input to the virtual control via the tactile feedback device; and provide a response to the user input, wherein the tactile feedback device comprises a tactile reference that substantially frames the virtual control and that guides user input on the tactile reference to the virtual control on the touchscreen interface such that the user input is provided via the virtual control in the predefined manner. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for providing tactile feedback to a user of a touchscreen interface, the method comprising:
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displaying a device display having a plurality of virtual controls on the touchscreen interface, a first virtual control of the plurality of virtual controls positioned at a first position on the touchscreen interface and configured to receive input from a user via contact with the first virtual control and provide the input to a device associated with the device display in a predefined manner such that the device display is configured in a first display configuration with the virtual control located at a first virtual control position on the device display; detecting a placement of a tactile feedback device corresponding to the first virtual control at a second position on the touchscreen interface; relocating the first virtual control from the first position to the second position associated with the tactile feedback device such that the device display comprises a second display configuration with the virtual control located at the second position on the device display; receiving input at the first virtual control from the user via contact in the predefined manner at the second position; and providing a response to the input from the user.
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