ON-DEMAND USER CONTROL

• US 20140195905A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: QNX Software Systems Limited (Canada) (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Dodge, Danny Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 9,632,584 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A system and method for on-demand user control may detect a user'"'"'s intend to interact with a currently undisplayed user control. The user'"'"'s intent may include, for example, a hand approaching a touch-sensitive screen device. In response to the detected intent, the currently undisplayed user control may be displayed. The choice and location of the displayed user control may be derived from a location associated with the detected intent. The user control may be displayed progressively giving the appearance of morphing, emerging or being extruded from the display screen. The user may interact with the displayed user control using, for example, gestures on the touch-sensitive screen device.

Claims

1. A method for on-demand user control on a system having a display device comprising:

detecting an intent, from a user, to interact with an undisplayed control;

displaying, on the display device, a previously undisplayed control responsive to detecting the intent; and

receiving an interaction with the displayed control from the user.

2. The method for on-demand user control of claim 1, displaying the previously undisplayed control further comprising rendering the control proximate a location on the display device derived from the detected intent.

3. The method for on-demand user control of claim 1, displaying the previously undisplayed control further comprising choosing a type of control to display responsive to a location, relative to the display device, derived from the detected intent.

4. The method for on-demand user control of claim 1, displaying the previously undisplayed control further comprising animating the displaying to cause the control to appear to be extruded from a surface of the display device.

5. The method for on-demand user control of claim 1, displaying the previously undisplayed control further comprising animating the displaying to cause the control to appear to be morphed from a background image.

6. The method for on-demand user control of claim 1, where the displayed control takes the place of or displaces an existing visual element.

7. The method for on-demand user control of claim 1, where the displayed control is a representation of a physical control.

8. The method for on-demand user control of claim 1, further comprising providing haptic feedback wherein a user feels a presence of the displayed control.

9. The method for on-demand user control of claim 8, where the haptic feedback is modified responsive to the received interaction with the displayed control.

10. The method for on-demand user control of claim 9, where the interaction is characterized responsive to a gesture made by the user and a type of control associated with the displayed control.

11. The method for on-demand user control of claim 10, further comprising sending the characterization of the interaction to one or more other processing elements.

12. The method for on-demand user control of claim 1, further comprising updating the displayed control to reflect a change in appearance of the displayed control responsive to the received interaction.

13. A system for on-demand user control comprising:

a display device;

one or more processors; and

a memory containing instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the system to;

detect an intent, from a user, to interact with an undisplayed control;

display the previously undisplayed control responsive to detecting the intent; and

receive an interaction with the displayed control from the user.

14. The system for on-demand user control of claim 13, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the system further comprising to display the previously undisplayed control further comprising rendering the control proximate a location on the display device derived from the detected intent.

15. The system for on-demand user control of claim 13, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the system further comprising to display the previously undisplayed control further comprising choosing a type of control to display responsive to a location, relative to the display device, derived from the detected intent.

16. The system for on-demand user control of claim 13, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the system further comprising to display the previously undisplayed control further comprising animating the displaying to cause the control to appear to be extruded from a surface of the display device.

17. The system for on-demand user control of claim 13, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the system further comprising to display the previously undisplayed control further comprising animating the displaying to cause the control to appear to be morphed from a background image.

18. The system for on-demand user control of claim 13, where the displayed control takes the place of or displaces an existing visual element.

19. The system for on-demand user control of claim 13, where the displayed control is a representation of a physical control.

20. The system for on-demand user control of claim 13, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the system further comprising to provide haptic feedback wherein the user feels a presence of the displayed control.

21. The system for on-demand user control of claim 20, where the haptic feedback is modified responsive to the received interaction with the displayed control.

22. The system for on-demand user control of claim 21, where the interaction is characterized responsive to a gesture made by the user and a type of control associated with the displayed control.

23. The system for on-demand user control of claim 22, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the system further comprising to send the characterization of the interaction to one or more other processing elements.

24. The system for on-demand user control of claim 13, instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the system further comprising to update the displayed control to reflect a change in appearance of the displayed control responsive to the received interaction.