CURSOR POSITIONING ON DISPLAY SCREEN

• US 20160334962A1
• Filed: 05/15/2015
• Published: 11/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Li Jia, Geng, Qiuju, Chen, Yu, Zhou, Kun
• Granted Patent: US 10,120,555 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A user interface for a touchscreen display device including a technique for cursor positioning, with respect to: (i) a touchscreen display upon which the cursor is displayed; and (ii) displayable content (also sometimes herein referred to as a “display area”) which is also, at least in part, displayed on the touchscreen display. Based on a desired position to which the activated display area is moved while a cursor remains static on the display screen, a placement position at which the cursor is to be placed with respect to the displayable content is determined.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a first display on a touchscreen display, with the first display including;

a cursor, with the cursor being located at a first cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of a displayable content, with the displayable content being located at a first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display;

receiving gesture type user input through the display screen;

during the receipt of gesture type user input, displaying a plurality of intermediate displays on the touchscreen display, with each intermediate display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at the first cursor location relative to the display screen, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being moved in location, relative to the touchscreen display, in successive intermediate displays of the plurality of intermediate displays in a manner corresponding to the gesture type input being received;

responsive to a completion of the receipt of the gesture type user input, displaying a second display on the touchscreen display, with the second display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at the first cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being located at a second displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display, so that the first cursor location and the second displayable content location define a user-selected relative positioning as between the cursor and the displayable content; and

responsive to the display of the second display, displaying a third display on the touchscreen display, with the third display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at a second cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being located at the first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display, with the second cursor location being determined so that the relative positioning as between the cursor and the displayable content, in the third display, is the user-selected relative positioning.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the series of intermediate displays further include a non-floating depiction of at least a portion of the displayable content, with the non-floating depiction of the displayable content being located at the first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

activating the displayable content; and

activating the cursor.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the gesture type user input is in the form of a drag operation that includes a dragging movement of a user input object across the touchscreen display.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein, during receipt of the gesture type user input, the movement of the displayable content is proportional to, and directionally correlated with, the dragging movement of the user input object.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

in the series of intermediate displays, enlarging data, of the displayable content, which is near the cursor.

7. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:

first program instructions programmed to display a first display on a touchscreen display, with the first display including;

a cursor, with the cursor being located at a first cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of a displayable content, with the displayable content being located at a first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display;

second program instructions programmed to receive gesture type user input through the display screen;

third program instructions programmed to, during the receipt of gesture type user input, display a plurality of intermediate displays on the touchscreen display, with each intermediate display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at the first cursor location relative to the display screen, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being moved in location, relative to the touchscreen display, in successive intermediate displays of the plurality of intermediate displays in a manner corresponding to the gesture type input being received;

fourth program instructions programmed to, responsive to a completion of the receipt of the gesture type user input, display a second display on the touchscreen display, with the second display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at the first cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being located at a second displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display, so that the first cursor location and the second displayable content location define a user-selected relative positioning as between the cursor and the displayable content; and

fifth program instructions programmed to, responsive to the display of the second display, display a third display on the touchscreen display, with the third display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at a second cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being located at the first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display, with the second cursor location being determined so that the relative positioning as between the cursor and the displayable content, in the third display, is the user-selected relative positioning.

8. The product of claim 7 wherein:

the series of intermediate displays further include a non-floating depiction of at least a portion of the displayable content, with the non-floating depiction of the displayable content being located at the first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display.

9. The product of claim 7 wherein the computer readable storage medium further has stored thereon:

sixth program instructions programmed to activate the displayable content; and

seventh program instructions to activate the cursor.

10. The product of claim 7 wherein the gesture type user input is in the form of a drag operation that includes a dragging movement of a user input object across the touchscreen display.

11. The product of claim 10 wherein, during receipt of the gesture type user input, the movement of the displayable content is proportional to, and directionally correlated with, the dragging movement of the user input object.

12. The product of claim 7 wherein the computer readable storage medium further has stored thereon:

sixth program instructions programmed to, in the series of intermediate displays, enlarge data, of the displayable content, which is near the cursor.

13. A computer system comprising:

a processor(s) set; and

a computer readable storage medium;

wherein;

the processor set is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium; and

the program instructions include;

first program instructions programmed to display a first display on a touchscreen display, with the first display including;

a cursor, with the cursor being located at a first cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of a displayable content, with the displayable content being located at a first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display;

second program instructions programmed to receive gesture type user input through the display screen;

third program instructions programmed to, during the receipt of gesture type user input, display a plurality of intermediate displays on the touchscreen display, with each intermediate display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at the first cursor location relative to the display screen, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being moved in location, relative to the touchscreen display, in successive intermediate displays of the plurality of intermediate displays in a manner corresponding to the gesture type input being received;

fourth program instructions programmed to, responsive to a completion of the receipt of the gesture type user input, display a second display on the touchscreen display, with the second display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at the first cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being located at a second displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display, so that the first cursor location and the second displayable content location define a user-selected relative positioning as between the cursor and the displayable content; and

fifth program instructions programmed to, responsive to the display of the second display, display a third display on the touchscreen display, with the third display including;

the cursor, with the cursor being located at a second cursor location relative to the touchscreen display, and

at least a portion of the displayable content, with the displayable content being located at the first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display, with the second cursor location being determined so that the relative positioning as between the cursor and the displayable content, in the third display, is the user-selected relative positioning.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein:

the series of intermediate displays further include a non-floating depiction of at least a portion of the displayable content, with the non-floating depiction of the displayable content being located at the first displayable content location relative to the touchscreen display.

15. The system of claim 13 the computer readable storage medium further has stored thereon:

sixth program instructions programmed to activate the displayable content; and

seventh program instructions to activate the cursor.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the gesture type user input is in the form of a drag operation that includes a dragging movement of a user input object across the touchscreen display.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein, during receipt of the gesture type user input, the movement of the displayable content is proportional to, and directionally correlated with, the dragging movement of the user input object.

18. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer readable storage medium further has stored thereon:

sixth program instructions programmed to, in the series of intermediate displays, enlarge data, of the displayable content, which is near the cursor.