Touch Screen Slider for Setting Floating Point Value

• US 20080105470A1
• Filed: 07/21/2005
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van De Ven, Ramon Eugene Franciscus, Destura, Galileo June, Heesemans, Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/572,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20080105470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 178/18.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A data processing system comprises a pressure-sensitive input device for assigning a floating-point value to a parameter under control of a pressure applied to the device. The system is operative to detect a rate of change of the pressure to control the assigning, e.g., to validate the current value as being input or to unlock the value as set.

Claims

1. A data processing system comprising a pressure-sensitive input device for assigning a real value to a parameter under control of a pressure applied to the device, the system being operative to detect a rate of change of the pressure to control the assigning.

2. The system of claim 1, operative to set the parameter to the value assigned prior to detecting the rate of change being larger than a predetermined rate.

3. The system of claim 1, operative to render the value, previously assigned, changeable upon detecting the rate of change being larger than a predetermined value.

4. The system of claim 1, operative to render the value, previously assigned, changeable upon detecting a first magnitude of the pressure being larger than a second magnitude of the pressure corresponding to the assigned value.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a touch screen.

6. The system of claim 1, accommodated in a remote control device.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the predetermined value is programmable.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein the predetermined value is programmable.

9. A pressure-sensitive input device for assigning a real value to a parameter under control of a pressure applied to the device, the device being operative to detect a rate of change of the pressure to control the assigning.

10. The device of claim 9, operative to set the parameter to the value assigned prior to detecting the rate of change being larger than a predetermined rate.

11. The device of claim 9, operative to render the value, previously assigned, changeable upon detecting the rate of change being larger than a predetermined value.

12. The device of claim 9, operative to render the value, previously assigned, changeable upon detecting a first magnitude of the pressure being larger than a second magnitude of the pressure corresponding to the assigned value.

13. The device of claim 9, comprising a touch screen.

14. The device of claim 9, accommodated in a remote control device.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the predetermined value is programmable.

16. The device of claim 12, wherein the predetermined value is programmable.

17. A method of enabling to assign a real value to a parameter under control of a pressure applied to a user input device, the method comprising detecting a rate of change of the pressure in order to control the assigning.

18. Control software for use with a data processing system comprising a pressure-sensitive input device for assigning a real value to a parameter under control of a pressure applied to the device, the software being operative to enable to control the assigning under control of the device detecting a rate of change of the pressure.