# US 2014/0195923 A1 · Biometric Adjustments for Touchscreens > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195923 A1 - Document ID: US20140195923A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/207,270 - Filed: 2014-03-12 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2008-11-11 - Assignees: Adobe Systems Incorporated - Applicants: Adobe Systems Incorporated - Inventors: Christian T. Cantrell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195923A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract In some embodiments, a touchscreen may display a graphical user interface with one or more input options and may detect which input options are selected by a user by detecting a user's contact on the touchscreen. The system may determine a new graphical user interface configuration to increase the size and/or spacing of the input options. In some embodiments, one or more of the input options may be removed to increase the space available to increase the size of the other input options. In some embodiments, the system may maintain a history of input option use to determine which input options to remove. In some embodiments, the new graphical user interface configuration may include smaller (and/or additional) input options (e.g., if the contact areas are detected as consistently within the displayed input options). ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-27. (canceled) ### Claim 28 A computer-implemented method, comprising: displaying a graphical user interface that has a first graphical user interface configuration; detecting a size of a contact area corresponding to a user input on a touchscreen to select an input option on the graphical user interface; and determining a second graphical user interface configuration based at least in part on the size of the detected contact area of the user input and based on previous corrections made by the user to correct user input mistakes on the first graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 28, wherein the first and second graphical user interface configurations include the input option that is different in at least one characteristic in each of the first and second graphical user interface configurations, and the input option has the same function in each of the first and second graphical user interface configurations. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 29, wherein the at least one characteristic is size of the input option, and the input option displayed in the second graphical user interface configuration is a different size than the input option displayed in the first graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 29, wherein the at least one characteristic is spacing between displayed input options, and the spacing between the displayed input options in the second graphical user interface configuration is a different spacing than the spacing between the displayed input options in the first graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 28, wherein the first graphical user interface configuration includes at least one additional input option that is not displayed in the second graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 32, wherein the at least one additional input option is determined as being used less than the input option that is included in both the first and second graphical user interface configurations. ### Claim 34 (depends on 28) The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 28, wherein the second graphical user interface configuration includes only part of the first graphical user interface configuration and is accessible by selecting a menu option. ### Claim 35 (depends on 28) The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 28, wherein at least one characteristic of the second graphical user interface configuration is determined during use of a first application, and wherein the at least one characteristic of the second graphical user interface configuration is applied to another graphical user interface configuration during use of a second application. ### Claim 36 (depends on 28) The computer-implemented method as recited in claim 28, further comprising averaging at least two previously detected contact areas, and said determining the second graphical user interface configuration based at least in part on the size of the detected contact area includes determining the second graphical user interface configuration based at least in part on an average of the at least two previously detected contact areas. ### Claim 37 A device, comprising: a touchscreen configured to display a graphical user interface that has a first graphical user interface configuration; at least one processor to execute program instructions that are configured to: detect a size of a contact area corresponding to a user input on the touchscreen to select an input option on the graphical user interface; and determine a second graphical user interface configuration based at least in part on the size of the detected contact area of the user input and based on a stored history of input options selected by the user, the stored history including corrections to user inputs on the first graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The device as recited in claim 37, wherein the first and second graphical user interface configurations include the input option that is different in at least one characteristic in each of the first and second graphical user interface configurations, and the input option has the same function in each of the first and second graphical user interface configurations. ### Claim 39 (depends on 38) The device as recited in claim 38, wherein the at least one characteristic is size of the input option, and the input option displayed in the second graphical user interface configuration is a different size than the input option displayed in the first graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 40 (depends on 38) The device as recited in claim 38, wherein the at least one characteristic is spacing between displayed input options, and the spacing between the displayed input options in the second graphical user interface configuration is a different spacing than the spacing between the displayed input options in the first graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 41 (depends on 37) The device as recited in claim 37, wherein the first graphical user interface configuration includes at least one additional input option that is not displayed in the second graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 42 (depends on 41) The device as recited in claim 41, wherein the at least one additional input option is determined as being used less than the input option that is included in both the first and second graphical user interface configurations. ### Claim 43 (depends on 37) The device as recited in claim 37, wherein the second graphical user interface configuration includes only part of the first graphical user interface configuration and is accessible by selecting a menu option. ### Claim 44 (depends on 37) The device as recited in claim 37, wherein at least one characteristic of the second graphical user interface configuration is determinable during use of a first application, and wherein the at least one characteristic of the second graphical user interface configuration is applied to another graphical user interface configuration during use of a second application. ### Claim 45 (depends on 37) The device as recited in claim 37, wherein the program instructions are further executable to average at least two previously detected contact areas, and to said determine the second graphical user interface configuration based at least in part on the size of the detected contact area includes to determine the second graphical user interface configuration based at least in part on an average of the at least two previously detected contact areas. ### Claim 46 A computer-readable storage memory comprising stored program instructions that are computer-executable comprising to: display a graphical user interface that has a first graphical user interface configuration; detect a size of a contact area corresponding to a user input on a touchscreen to select an input option on the graphical user interface; and determine a second graphical user interface configuration based at least in part on the size of the detected contact area of the user input and based on a stored history of input options selected by the user, the stored history including corrections to user inputs on the first graphical user interface configuration. ### Claim 47 (depends on 46) The computer-readable storage memory as recited in claim 46, wherein the first and second graphical user interface configurations include the input option that is different in at least one characteristic in each of the first and second graphical user interface configurations, and the input option has the same function in each of the first and second graphical user interface configurations.