Automatically switching between input modes for a user interface
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorBoris Smus
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Abstract
A system and machine-implemented method for automatically switching between input modes for a user interface. A user interface is displayed in a first input mode for a first input type. A determination is made that a predetermined event has occurred, wherein the predetermined event is of a type other than the first input type or a second input type. In response to the determination, the user interface is switched from the first input mode for the first input type to a second input mode for the second input type.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for automatically switching between input modes for a user interface, the method comprising:
- displaying, on a screen, a user interface in a first input mode for a first input type;
- detecting, using a sensor, a distance of a user from the screen;
- determining, prior to receiving touch input on the screen, that the detected distance from the screen is within a threshold distance;
- and
- switching, in response to the determination and prior to receiving the touch input on the screen, the user interface from the first input mode for the first input type to a second input mode for a second input type, wherein the second input mode corresponds to a touch mode for touch input.
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A system for automatically changing between input modes for a user interface, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
- displaying, on a screen, a user interface in a first input mode for a first input type;
- detecting, using a sensor, a distance of a user from the screen;
- determining, prior to receiving touch input on the screen, that the detected distance from the screen is within a threshold distance;
- and
- switching, in response to the determination and prior to receiving the touch input on the screen, the user interface from the first input mode for the first input type to a second input mode for a second input type, wherein the second input mode corresponds to a touch mode for touch input.
A computer-implemented method for automatically switching between input modes for a user interface, the method comprising:
- displaying, on a screen, a user interface in a first input mode for a first input type;
- detecting, using a sensor, a distance of a user from the screen;
- determining, prior to receiving touch input on the screen, that the detected distance from the screen is within a threshold distance;
- and
- switching, in response to the determination and prior to receiving the touch input on the screen, the user interface from the first input mode for the first input type to a second input mode for a second input type,
- wherein the second input mode corresponds to a touch mode for touch input,
- wherein each of the first input mode and the second input mode includes one or more graphical components, and
- wherein the switching comprises resizing the one or more graphical components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.