Touch-sensitive user interface
OwnerDavid M. Payne, Richard Lee Payneinventors
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for facilitating interface of a user with an electrical device. In one arrangement, a system and method include providing a touch-sensitive screen to the user and presenting at least one selectable feature to the user with the touch-sensitive screen, the selectable feature having associated therewith multiple functions, wherein a first function is performed when the feature is selected using a detected relatively light touch and wherein a second function is performed when the feature is selected using a detected relatively firm touch.
Claims28
A method for facilitating interface of a user with an electrical device, comprising:
- providing a touch-sensitive screen to the user;
- and
- presenting at least one selectable feature to the user with the touch-sensitive screen, the selectable feature having associated therewith multiple functions, wherein a first function is performed when the feature is selected using a detected relatively light touch and wherein a second function is performed when the feature is selected using a detected relatively firm touch.
A method for facilitating interface of a user with an electrical device, comprising:
- providing a touch-sensitive screen to the user;
- presenting selectable features to the user with the touch-sensitive screen;
- detecting whether a feature has been selected using a relatively light touch or a relatively firm touch;
- non-visually identifying the feature if it was selected using a relatively light touch;
- and
- initiating performance of a basic operation associated with the feature if it was selected using a relatively firm touch.
A user interface incorporated in an electrical device, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive screen;
- means for generating selectable features for presentation in the touch-sensitive screen;
- means for detecting whether a feature has been selected using a relatively light touch or a relatively firm touch;
- and
- means for non-visually identifying the feature to the user if it was selected using a relatively light touch and for initiating a basic device operation associated with the feature if it was selected using a relatively firm touch.
A user interface for an electrical device, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive screen;
- and
- a user interface control system stored on a computer-readable medium, the system including logic configured to detect whether a feature presented in the touch-sensitive screen has been selected using a relatively light touch or a relatively firm touch and logic configured to control the electrical device in a first or a second manner depending upon whether a relative light touch or a relatively firm touch was detected.
An electrical device, comprising:
- a processing device;
- device operation hardware;
- a user interface incorporating a touch-sensitive screen;
- and
- memory including a user interface control system, the system including logic configured to detect whether a feature presented in the touch-sensitive screen has been selected using a relatively light touch or a relatively firm touch and logic configured to control the electrical device in a first or a second manner depending upon whether a relatively light touch or a relatively firm touch was detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.