Systems And Methods For Touch Screen Image Capture And Display

• US 20130002602A1
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Apelbaum, Suzana, Connelly, Serena Amelia, Scott, Shachar Gillat
• Application Number:
  US13/463,920
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002602A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

Included are embodiments for touch screen image capture. Some embodiments include receiving data related to a multi-point touch from a multi-point input touch screen, the multi-point input touch screen configured to receive the multi-point touch from a user, determining, from the data related to the multi-point touch, a plurality of respective sizes of the multi-point touch that was detected by the multi-point input touch screen, and determining, from the data related to the multi-point touch, a plurality of respective shapes of the multi-point touch that was detected by each of the multi-point input touch screen. Some embodiments include combining the plurality of respective sizes to determine a total size of the multi-point touch, combining the plurality of respective shapes to determine a total shape of the multi-point touch, and rendering an image that represents the total size and the total shape of the multi-point touch.

Claims

1. A system for touch screen image capture, comprising:

(a) a multi-point input touch screen comprising a plurality of sensors that collectively receive a multi-point touch from a user; and

(b) a memory component that stores logic that when executed by the system causes the system to perform at least the following;

(i) receive data related to the multi-point touch;

(ii) determine a total size of the multi-point touch;

(iii) determine a total shape of the multi-point touch;

(iv) render an image that represents the total size and the total shape of the multi-point touch; and

(v) provide the image to the multi-point input touch screen for display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the multi-point touch comprises at least one of the following:

a foot imprint, a hand imprint, a nose imprint, an ear imprint, and a pet paw imprint.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein determining the total size and the total shape of the multi-point touch comprises:

(a) receiving a first portion of the data related to the multi-point touch from a first sensor of the plurality of sensors;

(b) determining a first size and a first shape of the multi-point touch for a first area that is monitored by the first sensor;

(c) receiving a second portion of the data related to the multi-point touch from a second sensor of the plurality of sensors;

(d) determining a second size and a second shape of the multi-point touch for a second area that is monitored by the second sensor;

(e) combining the first size and the second size to determine the total size; and

(f) combining the first shape and the second shape to determine the total shape.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein combining the first size and the second size to determine the total size comprises identifying a first predetermined position of the first sensor and a second predetermined position of the second sensor.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein combining the first shape and the second shape to determine the total shape comprises identifying a first predetermined position of the first sensor and a second predetermined position of the second sensor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors are coupled to the multi-point input touch screen that comprises at least one of the following:

an electrical current touch screen, a vibrational touch screen, a capacitive touch screen, and a resistive touch screen.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic further causes the system to tag the image according to a user-defined category.

8. A method for touch screen image capture, comprising:

(a) receiving data related to a multi-point touch on a multi-point input touch screen, the multi-point input touch screen configured to receive the multi-point touch from a user;

(b) determining, from the data related to the multi-point touch, a plurality of respective sizes of the multi-point touch that was detected by the multi-point input touch screen;

(c) determining, from the data related to the multi-point touch, a plurality of respective shapes of the multi-point touch that was detected by the multi-point input touch screen;

(d) combining the plurality of respective sizes to determine a total size of the multi-point touch;

(e) combining the plurality of respective shapes to determine a total shape of the multi-point touch;

(f) rendering an image that represents the total size and the total shape of the multi-point touch; and

(g) providing the image to the multi-point input touch screen for display.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the multi-point touch comprises at least one of the following:

a foot imprint, a hand imprint, a nose imprint, an ear imprint, and a pet paw imprint.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein combining the plurality of respective sizes to determine the total size comprises identifying a position of each touch on the multi-point touch.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein combining the plurality of respective shapes to determine the total shape comprises a position of each touch on the multi-point touch.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the multi-point input touch screen comprises at least one of the following:

an electrical current touch screen, a vibrational touch screen, a capacitive touch screen, and a resistive touch screen.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising tagging the image according to a user-defined category.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing at least one of the following:

a first user option to save the image locally, a second user option to save the image remotely, and a third user option to save the image both locally and remotely.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program that when executed by a computing device causes the computing device to perform at least the following:

(a) receive data related to a multi-point touch from a plurality of sensors on a multi-point input touch screen, the multi-point input touch screen configured to receive the multi-point touch from a user;

(b) determine, from the data related to the multi-point touch, a plurality of respective sizes of the multi-point touch that was detected by each of the plurality of sensors;

(c) determine, from the data related to the multi-point touch, a plurality of respective shapes of the multi-point touch that was detected by each of the plurality of sensors;

(d) combine the plurality of respective sizes to determine a total size of the multi-point touch, wherein combining the plurality of respective sizes comprises utilizing a predetermined position of each of the plurality of sensors;

(e) combine the plurality of respective shapes to determine a total shape of the multi-point touch, wherein combining the plurality of respective shapes comprises utilizing the predetermined position of each of the plurality of sensors;

(f) render a first image that represents the total size and the total shape of the multi-point touch; and

(g) provide the first image to the multi-point input touch screen for display.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the multi-point touch comprises at least one of the following:

a foot imprint, a hand imprint, a nose imprint, an ear imprint, and a pet paw imprint.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the program further causes the computing device to add a second image to the first image to provide a visual comparison of the multi-point touch and the second image.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the program further causes the computing device to provide at least one of the following:

a first user option to save the first image locally, a second user option to save the first image remotely, and a third user option to save the first image both locally and remotely.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the multi-point input touch screen comprises at least one of the following:

an electrical current touch screen, a vibrational touch screen, a capacitive touch screen, and a resistive touch screen.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the program further causes the computing device to tag the first image according to a user-defined category.