Apparatus and method for proximity based input
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorMikko Nurmi
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Abstract
A method is provided for controlling proximity detection based user interface functions. In response to detection of simultaneous presence of a first object and a second object in close proximity to the input surface, an input mode may be activated, in which input mode a first action is associated with an input by the first object and a second action is associated with an input by the second object.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- detect presence of a first object in close proximity to an input surface,
- detect presence of a second object in close proximity to the input surface, and
- in response to the detection of simultaneous presence of the first object and the second object, activate an input mode in which a first action is associated with an input by the first object and a second action is associated with an input by the second object.
A method, comprising:
- detecting presence of a first object in close proximity to an input surface,
- detecting presence of a second object in close proximity to the input surface, and
- in response to the detection of simultaneous presence of the first object and the second object, activating an input mode in which a first action is associated with an input by the first object and a second action is associated with an input by the second object.
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A user interface for an electronic device comprising a proximity detection system with at least one proximity detector for detecting presence of a first object and a second object in close proximity to an input surface, wherein the user interface is configured to operate in an input mode, in which a first action is associated with an input by the first object and a second action is associated with an input by the second object, in response to the detection of simultaneous presence of the first object and the second object.
A computer readable storage medium comprising one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to at least perform:
- detect presence of a first object in close proximity to an input surface,
- detect presence of a second object in close proximity to the input surface, and
- in response to the detection of simultaneous presence of the first object and the second object, activate an input mode in which a first action is associated with an input by the first object and a second action is associated with an input by the second object.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for detecting presence of a first object in close proximity to an input surface,
- means for detecting presence of a second object in close proximity to the input surface, and
- means for activating, in response to the detection of simultaneous presence of the first object and the second object, an input mode in which a first action is associated with an input by the first object and a second action is associated with an input by the second object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.