Increasing user input accuracy on a multifunctional electronic device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsThomas M. Tirpak, Anant Athale
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Abstract
An electronic device and a method of dynamically adapting a sensitivity of at least one user interface component on the electronic device. A device context corresponding to the electronic device can be identified and processed in real time to identify a potential user intent and to determine a probability that the potential user intent corresponds to an actual user intent. A user input sensitivity parameter can be selected based on the potential user intent and the determined probability. The sensitivity of the at least one user interface component can be adapted to correspond to the user input sensitivity parameter.
Claims20
A method of dynamically adapting a sensitivity of at least one user interface component on an electronic device, comprising:
- identifying a device context corresponding to the electronic device;
- processing the device context in real time to identify a potential user intent and to determine a probability that the potential user intent corresponds to an actual user intent;
- selecting a user input sensitivity parameter based on the potential user intent and the determined probability;
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- adapting the sensitivity of the at least one user interface component to correspond to the user input sensitivity parameter.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a controller that:
- identifies a device context corresponding to the electronic device;
- processes the device context in real time to identify a potential user intent and to determine a probability that the potential user intent corresponds to an actual user intent;
- selects a user input sensitivity parameter based on the potential user intent and the determined probability;
- and
- adapts the sensitivity of the at least one user interface component to correspond to the user input sensitivity parameter.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer-usable medium comprising computer-usable program code that dynamically adapts a sensitivity of at least one user interface component on an electronic device, the computer-usable medium comprising:
- computer-usable program code that identifies a device context corresponding to the electronic device;
- computer-usable program code that processes the device context in real time to identify a potential user intent and to determine a probability that the potential user intent corresponds to an actual user intent;
- computer-usable program code that selects a user input sensitivity parameter based on the potential user intent and the determined probability;
- and
- computer-usable program code that adapts the sensitivity of the at least one user interface component to correspond to the user input sensitivity parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.