Presently operating hand detector
AssigneeMoneyDesktop, Inc. a Delaware corporation
InventorJason Cragun
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Abstract
On a mobile electronic device, a user may manually or automatically select between a first user interface configured to persons having a left dominant hand (or simply operating the device with the left hand), and a second user interface configured to persons having a right dominant hand (or simply operating the device with the right hand).
Claims17
A method for operating a mobile electronic device (“MED”), the MED having a screen display, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first user interface that is arranged for a right-hand dominant and/or right hand operating user,
- providing a second user interface that is arranged for a left-hand dominant and/or left hand operating user,
- providing a selector for selecting between said first and second interfaces, and
- displaying on said screen display the user interface selected by said selector.
A method for operating a mobile electronic device (“MED”), the MED having a screen display, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first user interface that is arranged for a right-hand dominant and/or right hand operating user,
- providing a second user interface that is arranged for a left-hand dominant and/or left hand operating user,
- providing a presently operating hand detector that determines whether a user has a dominant left hand (or presently operating the device in the left hand) or a dominant right hand (or presently operating the device in the right hand),
- selecting between said first and second interfaces based on information from said presently operating hand detector, and
- displaying on said screen display the user interface selected by said selector.
A method for operating a mobile electronic device (“MED”), the MED having a screen display, the method comprising the steps of:
- (i) providing a first user interface that is arranged for a right-hand operating user,
- (ii) providing a second user interface that is arranged for a left-hand operating user,
- (iii) dynamically determining whether a user is using the MED with his/her left hand or right hand,
- (iv) selecting between said first and second interfaces based on which hand the user is using,
- (v) displaying on said screen display the user interface selected by said selecting step,
- (vi) determining when the user moves the MED to his/her other hand, and
- (vii) repeating steps (iv) and (v);
- wherein said steps (iii) through (vii) may be performed automatically by software running on the MED.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.