SELECTING A TOUCH SCREEN HOT SPOT

• US 20140282239A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Locker, Howard, Nicholson, John Weldon, Perrin, Steven Richard
• Application Number:
  US13/839,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

For selecting a touch screen hot spot, an indication module sequentially indicates each hot spot within a specified selection area about a projection of the selection object onto a touch screen. The sequential indication may be in response to the selection object hovering within a hover range of the touch screen. A selection module selects a hot spot in response to detecting movement of the selection object towards the touch screen concurrent with the indication of the selected hot spot.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory storing machine readable code;

a processor executing the machine readable code, the machine readable code comprising;

an indication module sequentially indicating each hot spot within a specified selection area about a projection of a selection object onto a touch screen in response to the selection object hovering within a hover range of the touch screen; and

a selection module selecting a hot spot in response to detecting movement of the selection object towards the touch screen concurrent with the indication of the selected hot spot.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the selection module further pausing the sequential indicating of each hot spot in response to a movement of the selection object towards the surface of the touch screen.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, the selection module further resuming the sequential indicating of each selectable hot spot in response to a movement of the selection object away from the surface of the touch screen.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the projection is on a vector normal to the touch screen and intersecting a selection object area.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the indication module detects the selection object hovering within the hover range of the touch screen and identifies each hot spot within the specified selection area; and

the selection module activates the selected hot spot.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein activating the selected hot spot comprises displaying a menu for the selected hot spot.

7. A method comprising:

sequentially indicating, by use of a processor, each hot spot within a specified selection area about a projection of a selection object onto a touch screen in response to the selection object hovering within a hover range of the touch screen; and

selecting, by use of a processor, a hot spot in response to detecting movement of the selection object towards the touch screen concurrent with the indication of the selected hot spot.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the selection object is selected from the group consisting of a finger, a glove, and a stylus.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising pausing the sequential indicating of each hot spot in response to a movement of the selection object towards the surface of the touch screen.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising resuming the sequential indicating of each selectable hot spot in response to a movement of the selection object away from the surface of the touch screen.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the selection area is asymmetrically disposed from the projection.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the projection is on a vector normal to the touch screen and intersecting a selection object area.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

detecting the selection object hovering within the hover range of the touch screen;

identifying each hot spot within the specified selection area; and

activating the selected hot spot.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein activating the selected hot spot comprises displaying a menu for the selected hot spot.

15. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform the operations of:

sequentially indicating, by use of a processor, each hot spot within a specified selection area about a projection of a selection object onto a touch screen in response to the selection object hovering within a hover range of the touch screen; and

selecting, by use of a processor, a hot spot in response to detecting movement of the selection object towards the touch screen concurrent with the indication of the selected hot spot.

16. The program product of claim 15, further comprising pausing the sequential indicating of each selectable hot spot in response to a movement of the selection object towards the surface of the touch screen.

17. The program product of claim 16, further comprising resuming the sequential indicating of each selectable hot spot in response to a movement of the selection object away from the surface of the touch screen.

18. The program product of claim 15, wherein the selection area is asymmetrically disposed from the projection.

19. The program product of claim 18, wherein the projection is on a vector normal to the touch screen and intersecting a selection object area.

20. The program product of claim 15, further comprising:

detecting the selection object hovering within the hover range of the touch screen;

identifying each hot spot within the specified selection area; and

activating the selected hot spot.