Managing inputs from a plurality of user input device actuators
First Claim
1. A computing device for managing inputs from a plurality of user input device actuators, the computing device comprising:
- a processor configured to execute code stored in memory to;
receive a first actuator input from a first touch sensor, and a second actuator input from a second touch sensor; and
select a first selected window to which the first actuator input is sent when a current detected position of the first selected window is within a first predetermined spatial region of a display corresponding to the first touch sensor and based on predetermined spatial selection rules, the predetermined spatial selection rules determining how actuator inputs are mapped to windows, and to concurrently select a second selected window to which the second actuator input is sent when a current detected position of the second selected window is within a second predetermined spatial region of the display corresponding to the second touch sensor and based on the predetermined spatial selection rules, the second predetermined spatial region different from the first predetermined spatial region, and to send the first actuator input to the first selected window and to send the second actuator input to the second selected window, and encode the first actuator input to instruct the first selected window to perform a first action in response to receiving the first actuator input and encode the second actuator input to instruct the second selected window to perform a second action in response to receiving the second actuator input, wherein the first actuator input and second actuator input are concurrently sent to the first selected window and second selected window.
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Abstract
A computing device and method for managing inputs from a plurality of user input device actuators are provided. The computing device may include code stored in memory for implementing, via a processor, an actuator input module configured to receive a first actuator input from a first user input device actuator, and a second actuator input from a second user input device actuator. The computing device may further execute code to implement a window selection module configured to select a first selected window to which the first actuator input is sent according to predetermined selection rules, to select a second selected window to which the second actuator input is sent according to the predetermined selection rules, and to send the first actuator input to the first selected window and to send the second actuator input to the second selected window.
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11 Claims
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1. A computing device for managing inputs from a plurality of user input device actuators, the computing device comprising:
a processor configured to execute code stored in memory to; receive a first actuator input from a first touch sensor, and a second actuator input from a second touch sensor; and select a first selected window to which the first actuator input is sent when a current detected position of the first selected window is within a first predetermined spatial region of a display corresponding to the first touch sensor and based on predetermined spatial selection rules, the predetermined spatial selection rules determining how actuator inputs are mapped to windows, and to concurrently select a second selected window to which the second actuator input is sent when a current detected position of the second selected window is within a second predetermined spatial region of the display corresponding to the second touch sensor and based on the predetermined spatial selection rules, the second predetermined spatial region different from the first predetermined spatial region, and to send the first actuator input to the first selected window and to send the second actuator input to the second selected window, and encode the first actuator input to instruct the first selected window to perform a first action in response to receiving the first actuator input and encode the second actuator input to instruct the second selected window to perform a second action in response to receiving the second actuator input, wherein the first actuator input and second actuator input are concurrently sent to the first selected window and second selected window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method implemented using a computing device including code stored in memory executable by a processor, the method comprising:
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receiving a first actuator input from a first touch sensor; receiving a second actuator input from a second touch sensor; associating the first actuator input with a first selected window when a current detected position of the first selected window is within a first predetermined spatial region of a display corresponding to the first touch sensor and based on predetermined spatial selection rules, the predetermined spatial selection rules determining how actuator inputs are mapped to windows; associating the second actuator input with a second selected window when a current detected position of the second selected window is within a second predetermined spatial region of the display corresponding to the second touch sensor and based on the predetermined spatial selection rules; triggering a first action in the first selected window in response to receiving the first actuator input, wherein triggering the first action in the first window includes sending the first actuator input to the first selected window; and triggering a second action in the second selected window in response to receiving the second actuator input, wherein triggering the second action in the second window includes sending the second actuator input to the second selected window, where second actuator input and the first actuator inputs are concurrently sent to the first and second selected windows. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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