Capturing diacritics on multi-touch devices
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPIERRE C. CANDELA, STEPHANE HILLION, THIERRY KORMANN, FRANK WAGNER
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Abstract
A method, system, and/or computer program product operate a touch-screen device. A first touch on a touch-screen is detected, and a character is selected therefrom. A second touch on the touch-screen is detected, and a diacritic is selected therefrom. A location of the second touch on the touch-screen is determined. A location for the diacritic is selected according to a determined location of the second touch on the touch-screen. A specific touch-screen output of a selected character and a selected diacritic is then generated, where the selected diacritic is located on the selected character according to a selected diacritic location.
Claims15
A method of operating a touch-screen device, the method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more processors, a first touch on a touch-screen;
- selecting a character according to a detected first touch on the touch-screen;
- detecting, by one or more processors, a second touch on the touch-screen;
- selecting a diacritic according to a detected second touch on the touch-screen;
- determining, by one or more processors, a location of the second touch on the touch-screen;
- selecting a location for the diacritic according to a determined location of the second touch on the touch-screen;
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- generating, by one or more processors, a specific touch-screen output of a selected character and a selected diacritic, wherein the selected diacritic is located on the selected character according to a selected diacritic location.
A touch-screen device comprising a touch-screen and a processor connected to the touch-screen, the processor arranged to:
- detect a first touch on a touch-screen;
- select a character according to a detected first touch on the touch-screen;
- detect a second touch on the touch-screen;
- select a diacritic according to a detected second touch on the touch-screen;
- determine a location of the second touch on the touch-screen;
- select a location for the diacritic according to a determined location of the second touch on the touch-screen;
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- generate a specific touch-screen output of a selected character and a selected diacritic, wherein the selected diacritic is located on the selected character according to a selected diacritic location.
A computer program product for operating a touch-screen device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- detecting a first touch on a touch-screen;
- selecting a character according to a detected first touch on the touch-screen;
- detecting a second touch on the touch-screen;
- selecting a diacritic according to a detected second touch on the touch-screen;
- determining a location of the second touch on the touch-screen;
- selecting a location for the diacritic according to a determined location of the second touch on the touch-screen;
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- generating a specific touch-screen output of a selected character and a selected diacritic, wherein the selected diacritic is located on the selected character according to a selected diacritic location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.