US 2014/0195905 A1 · ON-DEMAND USER CONTROL

Abstract

A system and method for on-demand user control may detect a user's intend to interact with a currently undisplayed user control. The user's intent may include, for example, a hand approaching a touch-sensitive screen device. In response to the detected intent, the currently undisplayed user control may be displayed. The choice and location of the displayed user control may be derived from a location associated with the detected intent. The user control may be displayed progressively giving the appearance of morphing, emerging or being extruded from the display screen. The user may interact with the displayed user control using, for example, gestures on the touch-sensitive screen device.

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Dependent claims

A method for on-demand user control on a system having a display device comprising:

detecting an intent, from a user, to interact with an undisplayed control;
displaying, on the display device, a previously undisplayed control responsive to detecting the intent;
and
receiving an interaction with the displayed control from the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/826,582Filed 14 Mar 2013

Priority

8 Jan 2013

Published

10 Jul 2014

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

G06F 3/017
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
G06F 3/04847
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06F 3/016
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: input arrangements with force or tactile…

On-demand user control

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Abstract

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