Methods and devices that resize touch selection zones while selected on a touch sensitive display
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a controller circuit that is;
configured to display selectable indicia on a touch sensitive display device,wherein the selectable indicia are arranged in a plurality of adjacent rows, each row including a plurality of displayed selectable indicia with associated selection zones;
configured to define a default size and location of a plurality of selection zones on the display device that are each associated with different ones of the displayed selectable indicia,configured to respond to a touch signal from the display device that identifies a first touch location of a user object by increasing the size of a first one of the selection zones that includes the first touch location,configured to respond to the touch signal identifying that the user object has ceased touching the display device at a second touch location, which is within the enlarged first selection zone but outside the default sized first selection zone, by outputting a first one of the selectable indicia that is associated with the first selection zone,wherein selection of the first selection zone in a row causes other selection zones in the same row to slide along the row away from the enlarged first selection zone so that the enlarged first selection zone does not overlap the selection zones of the adjacent selectable indicia.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a controller circuit that is configured to display selectable indicia on a touch sensitive display device. The controller defines a default size and location of a plurality of selection zones on the display device that are each associated with different ones of the displayed selectable indicia. The controller responds to a touch signal from the display device that identifies a first touch location of a user object by increasing the size of a first one of the selection zones that includes the first touch location. The controller responds to the touch signal identifying that the user object has ceased touching the display device at a second touch location, which is within the enlarged first selection zone but outside the default sized first selection zone, by outputting a first one of the selectable indicia that is associated with the first selection zone.
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
a controller circuit that is; configured to display selectable indicia on a touch sensitive display device, wherein the selectable indicia are arranged in a plurality of adjacent rows, each row including a plurality of displayed selectable indicia with associated selection zones; configured to define a default size and location of a plurality of selection zones on the display device that are each associated with different ones of the displayed selectable indicia, configured to respond to a touch signal from the display device that identifies a first touch location of a user object by increasing the size of a first one of the selection zones that includes the first touch location, configured to respond to the touch signal identifying that the user object has ceased touching the display device at a second touch location, which is within the enlarged first selection zone but outside the default sized first selection zone, by outputting a first one of the selectable indicia that is associated with the first selection zone, wherein selection of the first selection zone in a row causes other selection zones in the same row to slide along the row away from the enlarged first selection zone so that the enlarged first selection zone does not overlap the selection zones of the adjacent selectable indicia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic device, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display device that is configured to generate a touch signal that identifies a touch location of a user object on a screen of the display device; and a controller circuit that is; configured to display selectable indicia on the display device, wherein the selectable indicia are arranged in a plurality of adjacent rows, each row including a plurality of displayed selectable indicia with associated selection zones; configured to define a default size and location of a plurality of selection zones on the display device that are each associated with different ones of the displayed selectable indicia, configured to respond to a touch signal from the display device that identifies a first touch location of a user object by increasing the size of a first one of the selection zones that includes the first touch location, configured to respond to the touch signal identifying that the user object has ceased touching the display device at a second touch location, which is within the enlarged first selection zone but outside the default sized first selection zone, by outputting a first one of the selectable indicia that is associated with the first selection zone, configured to respond to the touch signal identifying that the user object has slid from the first touch location to a third location that is outside the enlarged first selection zone by decreasing the size of the enlarged first selection zone and by increasing the size of a second one of the selection zones that includes the third location, configured to respond to the touch signal identifying that the user object has then ceased touching the display device at the third touch location by outputting a third one of the selectable indicia that is associated with the third selection zone and by decreasing the size of the enlarged first selection zone, wherein selection of the first selection zone in a row causes other selection zones in the same row to slide along the row away from the enlarged first selection zone so that the enlarged first selection zone does not overlap the selection zones of the adjacent selectable indicia. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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