Touch intelligent targeting

• US 10,140,011 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2011
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Anderson, Jen, Brown, Eric Christian, Teed, Jennifer, Predovic, Goran, James, Bruce Edward, Su, Fei, Lippert, Maybelle, Agrawal, Mudit
• Primary Examiner(s): Mishler, Robin
• Application Number:
  US13/209,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20130038540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,664 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-175
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

User inputs can indicate an intent of a user to target a location on a display. In order to determine a targeted point based on a user input, a computing device can receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height. The computing device can estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height. The computing device can also determine the targeted point based on a location of the at least one point and based on a location of a portion of one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display.

Claims

1. A method of determining a targeted point shown on a display based on a user input, the method comprising:

receiving an indication of at least one point selected from among a plurality of points within a portion of the display, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height;

estimating a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height;

determining that at least a portion of one or more objects is located within the estimated portion of the display;

determining the targeted point of the one or more objects based on a location of the at least one point and the portion of the one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display,

wherein, when two or more objects are located within the estimated portion of display and a second object encompasses a greater portion within the estimated portion of the display than a portion of the first object within the estimated portion of the display, determining the targeted point is at the first object and not the second object comprises determining that the at least one point is located within the first object and determining that the second object does not contain the at least one point;

determining an offset between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects,

wherein the offset represents a distance between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects;

receiving an indication of a change in the location of the at least one point; and

changing a size or location of the one or more objects such that the offset between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects is maintained.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one point comprises an estimated touch point on the display and an estimated center point on the display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the targeted point comprises determining the targeted point based on a distance between the location of the at least one point and each portion of the one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display and based on a rank associated with each of the one or more objects.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects comprise a first object in a first framework and a second object in a second framework.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a first rank associated with the first object is provided by the first framework.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

assigning a second rank to the second object.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

weighting a distance between the at least one point and the first object based on the first rank; and

weighting a distance between the at least one point and the second object based on the second rank;

wherein determining the targeted point comprises determining the targeted point based on the weighted distance between the first point and the first object and based on the weighted distance between the first point and the second object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the targeted point comprises determining that a portion of the one or more objects is located within the estimated portion of the display.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the targeted point comprises determining the targeted point based on a likelihood that a user will select one of the one or more objects.

10. A system for determining a targeted point based on a user'"'"'s interaction with a device, comprising:

a display device configured to display one or more objects; and

a computing device configured to;

receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height;

estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height;

determine that at least a portion of one or more objects is located within the estimated portion of the display;

determine the targeted point of the one or more objects based on a location of the at least one point and the portion of the one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display,

wherein, when two or more objects are located within the estimated portion of display and a second object encompasses a greater portion within the estimated portion of the display than a portion of the first object encompasses within the estimated portion of the display, determining the targeted point is at the first object and not the second object comprises determine that the at least one point is located within the first object and determine that the second object does not contain the at least one point;

determine an offset between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects,

wherein the offset represents a distance between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects;

receive an indication of a change in the location of the at least one point; and

change a size or location of the one or more objects such that the offset between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects is maintained.

11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the display device comprises a touch screen display and wherein the estimated portion of the display is an estimation of the portion of the touch screen display contacted by the user.

12. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the computing device is further configured to determine the targeted point based on a distance between the at least one point and each portion of the one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the computing device is further configured to determine the targeted point based on a rank associated with each of the one or more objects.

14. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the computing device is further configured to determine that a portion of the one or more objects is located within the estimated portion of the display.

15. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the computing device is further configured to determine the targeted point based on a likelihood that a user will select one of the one or more objects.

16. A computer readable storage device have instructions embodied thereon for determining a targeted point based on a user'"'"'s touch of a touch screen display, the instructions comprising:

instructions to receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height;

instructions to estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height;

instructions to determine that at least a portion of one or more objects is located within the estimated portion of the display;

instructions to determine the targeted point of the one or more objects based on a location of the at least one point and the portion of the one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display,

wherein, when two or more objects are located within the estimated portion of display and a second object encompasses a greater portion within the estimated portion of the display than a portion of the first object within the estimated portion of the display, determining the targeted point is at the first object and not the second object comprises instructions to determine that the at least one point is located within the first object and instructions to determine that the second object does not contain the at least one point;

instructions to determine an offset between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects,

wherein the offset represents a distance between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects;

instructions to receive an indication of a change in the location of the at least one point; and

instructions to change a size or location of the one or more objects such that the offset between the at least one point and the targeted point of the one or more objects is maintained.

17. The computer readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the instructions to estimate a portion of the display comprise instructions to estimate the portion of the display as an ellipse centered about the at least one point.

18. The computer readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the ellipse has a height corresponding to the indication of the height and a width corresponding to the indication of the width.

19. The computer readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the instructions to estimate a portion of the display comprise instructions to estimate the portion of the display as an ellipse inscribed inside of a rectangle centered about the at least one point, the rectangle having a height corresponding to the indication of the height and a width corresponding to the indication of the width.