Apparatus and Method for Navigating on a Touch Sensitive Screen Thereof
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsOla Andersson, Robert Skog
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus (100), such as a portable electronic device, for navigating on a touch sensitive screen (110) of the apparatus (100). The method comprises sensing the amount of pressure exerted on the touch sensitive screen (100) by means of a pressure sensor (140). A pressure signal indicative of the exerted amount of pressure is generated. The pressure signal is then used to trigger navigation in a z-direction, i.e. a direction perpendicular to the plane of the touch sensitive screen if the pressure signal is above a predetermined threshold.
Claims14
1-16. (canceled)
A method for navigating on a touch sensitive screen of an apparatus, the method comprising:
- sensing the amount of pressure exerted on the touch sensitive screen,
- generating a pressure signal indicative of the exerted amount of pressure,
- triggering navigation in a z-direction perpendicular to the plane of the touch sensitive screen if the pressure signal is above a predetermined threshold, and
- moving an object of interest into the z-direction if the pressure exerted on the touch sensitive screen was exerted on the object of interest.
An apparatus comprising,
- a touch sensitive screen having a display area,
- a pressure sensor,
- a processor, and
- a memory for storing a computer program comprising computer program code that, when run in the processor, causes the apparatus to:
- sense the amount of pressure exerted on the touch sensitive screen;
- generate a pressure signal in response to sensed pressure;
- trigger navigation in a z-direction perpendicular to the plane of the touch sensitive screen if the pressure signal is above a predetermined threshold;
- and
- move an object of interest into the z-direction if the pressure exerted on the touch sensitive screen was exerted on the object of interest.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program comprising computer program code that, when run in a processor of an apparatus having a touch sensitive screen with a display area and further having a pressure sensor, causes the apparatus to:
- sense the amount of pressure exerted on the touch sensitive screen;
- generate a pressure signal in response to sensed pressure;
- trigger navigation in a z-direction perpendicular to the plane of the touch sensitive screen if the pressure signal is above a predetermined threshold;
- and
- move an object of interest into the z-direction if the pressure exerted on the touch sensitive screen was exerted on the object of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.