User interface

• US 8,780,059 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ketola, Pekka, Johansson, Panu, Tolonen, Ari, Selenius, Jari
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Jr., Kenneth B
• Application Number:
  US12/790,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20110291952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-179, 715/770, 715/788, 715/810, 715/838, 706/47, 706/55, 706/59, 235/375, 1/1, 707/E17.116, 707/999.01, 707/E17.002, 707/E17.005, 707/E17.01, 707/E17.069, 707/E17.089, 707/609, 707/748, 707/771, 707/737, 707/740, 707/741, 705/14.44, 705/51, 705/59
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- 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 without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An apparatus, method and computer program are provided. The method comprises: controlling a touch sensitive display, while a user digit is detected hovering a distance from the touch sensitive display, to display a transient indication of first content for pasting, wherein if the user subsequently moves the user digit away from the touch sensitive display such that the user digit is no longer detected, the transient indication of the first content for pasting is removed from display on the touch sensitive display.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

controlling a touch sensitive display, while a hovering input is provided by a user a distance from the touch sensitive display, to display a transient indication of pasteable first content, wherein if the user subsequently ceases to provide the hovering input, the transient indication of the pasteable first content is removed from display on the touch sensitive display.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the representation of the first content is at least one of:

user editable and user selectable.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the first content for pasting in response to user input.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein selecting the first content for pasting comprises performing a cut operation or a copy operation.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displayed transient indication of the pasteable first content is not selectable by a user.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a width of the touch sensitive display is aligned with an x-axis, a length of the touch sensitive display is aligned with a y-axis, and the position at which the transient indication of the pasteable first content is displayed on the touch sensitive display is aligned with the position at which the hovering input is provided in an x-y plane above the touch sensitive display.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

responding to detection of a change in position of the hovering input in the x-y plane by controlling the touch sensitive display to change the position of the transient indication of the pasteable first content on the touch sensitive display, such that the position of the pasteable first content is aligned with the hovering input.

15. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hovering input is provided by the user hovering a user digit a distance from the touch sensitive display.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

in response to detection of a touch input provided by the user at the touch sensitive display, initiating a paste operation using the pasteable first content, wherein the paste operation comprises controlling the touch sensitive display to display a representation of the first content; and

continuing to display the representation of the first content after the user ceases to provide the touch input at the touch sensitive display.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displayed pasteable first content is a preview of content that will be pasted if a paste operation is performed.

18. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displayed pasteable first content is content on which a copy operation or a cut operation has previously been performed.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory storing computer program instructions, the at least one processor being configured to execute the computer program instructions to cause the apparatus at least to perform;

controlling a touch sensitive display, while a hovering input is provided by a user a distance from the touch sensitive display, to display a transient indication of pasteable first content, wherein if the user subsequently ceases to provide the hovering input, the transient indication of the pasteable first content for pasting is removed from display on the touch sensitive display.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is configured, in response to user input, to select the first content for pasting.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the displayed transient indication of the pasteable first content is not selectable by a user.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein a width of the touch sensitive display is aligned with an x-axis, a length of the touch sensitive display is aligned with a y-axis, and the position at which the transient indication of the pasteable first content is displayed on the touch sensitive display is aligned with the position at which the hovering input is provided in an x-y plane above the touch sensitive display.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is configured to respond to detection of a change in position of the hovering input in the x-y plane by controlling the touch sensitive display to change the position of the transient indication of the pasteable first content on the touch sensitive display, such that the position of the pasteable first content is aligned with the hovering input.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further comprising the touch sensitive display.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is configured, in response to detection of a touch input provided by the user at the touch sensitive display, to initiate a paste operation using the pasteable first content, wherein the paste operation comprises controlling the touch sensitive display to display a representation of the first content;

and the at least one processor is configured to continue to display the representation of the first content after the user ceases to provide the touch input at the touch sensitive display.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause an apparatus at least to perform:

controlling a touch sensitive display, while a hovering input is provided by a user a distance from the touch sensitive display, to display a transient indication of pasteable first content, wherein if the user subsequently ceases to provide the hovering input, the transient indication of the first content for pasting is removed from display on the touch sensitive display.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 14, wherein the computer program instructions further cause the apparatus to perform:

in response to detection of a touch input provided by the user at the touch sensitive display, initiating a paste operation using the pasteable first content, wherein the paste operation comprises controlling the touch sensitive display to display a representation of the first content; and

continuing to display the representation of the first content after the user ceases to provide the touch input at the touch sensitive display.