ACTIVE FEEDBACK INTERFACE FOR TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY

• US 20140292685A1
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deere & Company
• Original Assignee: Deere & Company
• Inventors: MEEGAN, Robert, NEWENDORP, Bruce, VANDER WIEL, Kurtis, MCKAY, Sean, HOFFMAN, Joshua
• Granted Patent: US 9,417,791 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04801 Cursor retrieval aid, i.e. visual aspect modification, blinking, colour changes, enlargement or other visual cues, for helping user do find the cursor in graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An active feedback interface for a touch screen display that includes display of visual cues to indicate when and where the display was touched by a user. The visual cues may change over a period of time in accordance with a particular active or inactive area of the touch screen contacted by a user finger.

Claims

1. A method of providing active feedback to a user of an interface for a touch screen display, comprising:

detecting a touch to at least one of an active area and an inactive area of a touch screen display;

starting a timer upon detection of the touch;

displaying a first visual cue of the touch screen display upon detection of the touch; and

terminating the first visual cue upon expiration of period controlled by the timer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a second visual cue on the touch screen display when the detected touch is in an active area of the touch screen display.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising terminating the second visual cue upon expiration of period controlled by the timer.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising executing a function controlled by the active area of the touch screen display upon release of the touch on the active area and prior expiration of period controlled by the timer.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to:

detect a touch to at least one of an active area and an inactive area of a touch screen display;

start a timer upon detection of the touch;

display a first visual cue of the touch screen display upon detection of the touch; and

terminate the first visual cue upon expiration of period controlled by the timer.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5, further comprising program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to display a second visual cue on the touch screen display when the detected touch is in an active area of the touch screen display.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, further comprising program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to terminate the second visual cue upon expiration of period controlled by the timer.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, further comprising program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to execute a function controlled by the active area of the touch screen display upon release of the touch on the active area and prior expiration of period controlled by the timer.

9. A computing system for active feedback in a touch screen display, comprising:

a touch screen display;

a display driver;

a touch detector;

a timer;

a processor;

a data storage device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the touch screen display to detect a touch to at least one of an active area and an inactive area of a touch screen display, start the timer upon detection of the touch;

display a first visual cue on the touch screen display upon detection of the touch; and

terminate the first visual cue upon expiration of period controlled by the timer.

10. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the data storage device further includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the touch screen display to display a second visual cue on the touch screen display when the detected touch is in an active area of the touch screen display.

11. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the data storage device further includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the touch screen display to terminate the second visual cue upon expiration of period controlled by the timer.

12. The computing system of claim 10, wherein the data storage device further includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute a function controlled by the active area of the touch screen display upon release of the touch on the active area and prior expiration of period controlled by the timer.