TEXT SELECTION UTILIZING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TOUCH

• US 20140002374A1
• Filed: 06/29/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hunt, John Miles, Nicholson, John Weldon, Rutledge, James Stephen, Wang, Song
• Application Number:
  US13/537,558
• Publication Number:
  US 20140002374A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An aspect provides a method, including: accepting touch input exceeding a touch detection threshold at a touch sensitive surface of a device; displaying content on a touch screen display of the device; and selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display while detecting a pressure input which exceeds a pressure threshold greater than the touch detection threshold. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accepting touch input exceeding a touch detection threshold at a touch sensitive surface of a device;

displaying content on a touch screen display of the device; and

selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display while detecting a pressure input which exceeds a pressure threshold greater than said touch detection threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch sensitive surface is disposed on a first side of the device;

and further wherein the touch screen display is disposed on a side of the device substantially opposite to the touch sensitive surface.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

ascertaining pressure input exceeding a zooming threshold at the touch sensitive surface.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein responsive to ascertaining pressure input exceeding the zooming threshold, a zoom function is performed to magnify the content displayed on the touch screen.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

responsive to ascertaining pressure input exceeding the zooming threshold, selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

responsive to selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display, accepting input refining text selection.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the input refining text selection is ascertained utilizing the touch sensitive surface.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising, responsive to refining text selection, performing a reverse zoom function responsive to ascertaining pressure release through the pressure threshold.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

responsive to selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display, performing one or more of a copy action and a cut action.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising responsive to selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display, locking the text selection in response to detecting decreased pressure input.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a touch sensitive surface;

a touch screen display;

one or more processors; and

a memory in operative connection with the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

accepting touch input exceeding a touch detection threshold at the touch sensitive surface of the information handling device;

displaying content on the touch screen display of the information handling device; and

selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display while detecting a pressure input which exceeds a pressure threshold greater than said touch detection threshold.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the touch sensitive surface is disposed on a first side of the information handling device;

and further wherein the touch screen display is disposed on a side of the information handling device substantially opposite to the touch sensitive surface.

13. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein to perform acts further comprises ascertaining pressure input exceeding a zooming threshold at the touch sensitive surface.

14. The information handling device of claim 13, wherein responsive to ascertaining pressure input exceeding the zooming threshold, a zoom function is performed to magnify the content displayed on the touch screen.

15. The information handling device of claim 13, wherein to perform acts further comprises responsive to ascertaining pressure input exceeding the zooming threshold, selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display.

16. The information handling device of claim 15, wherein to perform acts further comprises responsive to selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display, accepting input refining text selection.

17. The information handling device of claim 16, wherein the input refining text selection is ascertained utilizing the touch sensitive surface.

18. The information handling device of claim 17, wherein to perform acts further comprises responsive to refining text selection, performing a reverse zoom function responsive to ascertaining pressure release through the pressure threshold.

19. The information handling device of claim 18, wherein to perform acts further comprises responsive to selecting text of the content displayed on the touch screen display, performing one or more of a copy action and a cut action.

20. A program product, comprising:

a storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising;

program code configured to accept touch input exceeding a touch detection threshold at the touch sensitive surface of the information handling device;

program code configured to display content on the touch screen display of the information handling device; and

program code configured to select text of the content displayed on the touch screen display while detecting a pressure input which exceeds a pressure threshold greater than said touch detection threshold.