Slider input lid on touchscreen

• US 20070222765A1
• Filed: 03/22/2006
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nyyssonen, Tuomo
• Application Number:
  US11/388,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20070222765A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04809 Textured surface identifying touch areas, e.g. overlay structure for a virtual keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

A device features a touch sensitive area, such as a touchscreen or touchpad, responsive to a first set of user interface inputs from a user; a lid arranged in relation to the touch sensitive area, having a physical guiding form for enabling the user to provide a special set of user interface inputs to the touch sensitive area that are different than the first set; and a switch for changing the functionality of the touch sensitive area to respond to the special set of user interface inputs based on the position of the lid in relation to the touch sensitive area. The physical guiding form enables the user to slide their finger on the surface of the lid for providing the special set of user interface inputs, and may be integrated into the lid or include one or more add-on pieces that are coupled on the lid.

Claims

21-1. A device according to claim 1, wherein the special set of user inputs includes dedicated inputs, for applications involving video, music, photo, media, using editing tools such as adjusting or tuning.

22-2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the special set of user interface inputs are combined with visual graphics seen through a semi-transparent lid.