MULTI-TOUCH MOTION SIMULATION USING A NON-TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE

• US 20100095234A1
• Filed: 10/06/2009
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: LANE, Christopher, LANE, Aimee Amanda
• Application Number:
  US12/574,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20100095234A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers

Abstract

A method of multi-touch portable electronic device simulation using a non-touchscreen computer input device. The method includes entering a multi-touch simulation mode; recording a first touch motion and a second touch motion using the non-touchscreen computer input device; rendering the recorded first touch motion and second touch motion as a simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion; and generating a sub-routine associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion.

Claims

1. A method of multi-touch motion simulation using a non-touchscreen computer input device, the method comprising:

entering a multi-touch simulation mode;

recording a first touch motion and a second touch motion using the non-touchscreen computer input device;

rendering the recorded first touch motion and the recorded second touch motion as a simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion;

and,

generating a sub-routine associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first touch motion and the second touch motion are independent relative to one another.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sub-routine executes a task associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion defines a multi-touch motion on a portable electronic device having a touchscreen display.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the multi-touch motion on the portable electronic device corresponds to a swipe motion;

a circular motion;

an arc motion;

a rotate motion or a pinch motion.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the sub-routine is generated in a pre-determined programming language supported by the portable electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sub-routine associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion is a first sub-routine and the method further comprising:

recording a third touch motion using the non-touchscreen computer input device;

rendering the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion and the recorded third touch motion as a simulated sequential multi-touch motion;

and,

generating a second sub-routine associated with the simulated sequential multi-touch motion.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third touch motion is independent relative to the first touch motion and the second touch motion.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the second sub-routine associated with the simulated sequential multi-touch motion executes a task associated with the simulated sequential multi-touch motion.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the task associated with the simulated sequential multi-touch motion is a sequential combination of tasks associated with one or more simulated simultaneous multi-touch motions.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the task associated with the simulated sequential multi-touch motion is an arbitrary combination of tasks associated with one or more simulated simultaneous multi-touch motions.

12. A simulator to simulate a multi-touch motion using a non-touchscreen computer input device, the simulator comprising:

an input module to receive a first touch motion and a second touch motion from the non-touchscreen computer input device;

a recorder to record the first touch motion and the second touch motion;

a rendering module to render the recorded first touch motion and the recorded second touch motion as a simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion;

and,

a sub-routine generator to generate a sub-routine associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion.

13. The simulator of claim 12, wherein the first touch motion and the second touch motion are independent relative to one another.

14. The simulator of claim 12, wherein the sub-routine executes a task associated with simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion.

15. The simulator of claim 12, wherein the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion corresponds to a multi-touch motion on a portable electronic device having a touchscreen display.

16. The simulator of claim 15, wherein the sub-routine generator generates the sub-routine in a pre-determined programming language supported by the portable electronic device.

17. The simulator of claim 12, wherein the sub-routine associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion is a first sub-routine and the input module receives a third touch motion from the non-touchscreen computer input device;

the recorder records the third touch motion;

the rendering module renders the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion and the recorded third touch motion as a simulated sequential multi-touch motion;

and,

the sub-routine generator generates a second sub-routine associated with the simulated sequential multi-touch motion.

18. The simulator of claim 17, wherein the second sub-routine associated with the simulated sequential multi-touch motion executes a task associated with the simulated sequential multi-touch motion.

19. A system for simulating a multi-touch motion comprising:

a non-touchscreen computer input device to input a first touch motion and a second touch motion;

a recorder to record the first touch motion and the second touch motion;

a display logic to render the recorded first touch motion and the recorded second touch motion as a simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion on a display;

and,

a sub-routine generator to generate a sub-routine associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion.

20. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for execution by a processor to carry out a method of multi-touch motion simulation using a non-touchscreen computer input device, the method comprising:

entering a multi-touch simulation mode;

recording a first touch motion and a second touch motion using the non-touchscreen computer input device;

rendering the recorded first touch motion and the recorded second touch motion as a simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion;

and,

generating a sub-routine associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion.