RENDERING A VIRTUAL INPUT DEVICE UPON DETECTION OF A FINGER MOVEMENT ACROSS A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY

• US 20100164959A1
• Filed: 12/26/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Doczy, Paul J., BROWN, Craig T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,864,513 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• 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 method comprises a processor detecting a person'"'"'s finger moving across an unrendered portion of a touch-sensitive display. As a result of detecting the finger moving, the method further comprises the processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual keyboard image on the display.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

a processor detecting a person'"'"'s finger moving across an unrendered portion of a touch-sensitive display; and

as a result of detecting the finger moving, the processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual input device image on a display.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein causing the virtual input device image to be rendered comprises the processor animating the virtual input device image to enter the display from one edge of the display to be fully shown on the display.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual input device image on a display comprises the processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual keyboard image on a display.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the processor causing the virtual input device image to cease being rendered on the display as a result of detecting a person'"'"'s finger moving across the unrendered portion.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein causing the virtual input device image to cease being rendered comprises the processor animating the virtual input device image to exit the display.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the processor causing the virtual input device image to cease being rendered on the display is as a result of detecting a person'"'"'s finger moving across the bezel in an opposite direction from a direction associated with causing the virtual input device image to be rendered on the display.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting a person'"'"'s finger moving across an unrendered portion of a touch-sensitive display comprises the processor detecting the person'"'"'s finger moving across a bezel of a touch-sensitive display.

8. A system, comprising:

logic; and

a touch-sensitive display coupled to said logic, said display having an unrenderable outer portion;

wherein the logic detects a person'"'"'s finger moving across the unrenderable outer portion and, in response, causes a virtual input device image to be rendered on the display.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the virtual input device image comprises a virtual keyboard image.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the logic causes the virtual input device image to be rendered on the display by animating movement of the virtual input device image from the unrenderable outer portion through a renderable portion of the display.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the logic detects a person'"'"'s finger moving across the unrenderable outer portion and, in response, causes the virtual input device image to be removed from the display.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the logic causes the virtual input device image to be removed by animating the virtual keyboard image to move off the display.

13. A computer-readable storage medium containing software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

detect a person'"'"'s finger moving across an unrendered portion of a touch-sensitive display;

cause a virtual keyboard image to be rendered on the display.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the software further causes the processor to remove the virtual keyboard image from the display upon detecting movement by a finger across the unrendered portion in a direction opposite that of.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the software causes the processor to causes the virtual keyboard image to be rendered by animating its motion across at least a portion of the display.