Input Testing Tool
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsSteven Andrew Welch, Takahiro Shigemitsu, Timothy Allen Wright, Mark D. Vance, Steven E. Wittenberg
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide an input test tool that promotes precision testing, flexibility and repeatability over a wide variety of functionality tests that are utilized in both touch and near-touch input scenarios. The input test tool enables a variety of degrees of motion, including both linear and rotational motion, so that a device under test can be tested utilizing a number of different linear and/or rotational input scenarios.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- moving an actuator assembly of an input testing tool, including one or more actuators, into an operative testing position with respect to a display device of a device under test, the operative testing position enabling testing of inputs to the display device;
- and
- testing the display device of the device under test by moving the one or more actuators relative to the display device.
A method comprising:
- using an input testing tool to test a display device of a device under test, the input testing tool comprising:
- a movable carriage supporting an actuator assembly having one or more actuators removably mounted thereon, the movable carriage being movable in an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction, the actuator assembly being movable in a Z-axis direction;
- said using comprising:
- moving the movable carriage to a position relative to the display device;
- moving the actuator assembly in the Z-axis direction into an operative testing position;
- and
- moving the one or more actuators relative to the display device.
One or more computer-readable storage media embodying computer-readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising:
- acquiring, from one or more cameras, a test pattern on a display device of a device under test;
- moving an actuator assembly of an input testing tool, including one or more actuators, into an operative testing position with respect to a display device of a device under test, the operative testing position enabling testing of touch inputs to the display device relative to the test pattern;
- and
- testing the display device of the device under test by moving the one or more actuators relative to the test pattern on the display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.