Augmented i/o for limited form factor user-interfaces
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsArmstrong Soo, Jeffrey Brandt, Bernard Ku
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Abstract
An architecture is described that can enhance and/or simplify tactile-based I/O transactions in connection with a user-interface (UI) of limited form factor. In particular, the architecture can monitor a position of a selector object such as an operator's finger relative to a UI display as the selector object hovers or moves above the UI display. Based upon this position, an analogous coordinate in the UI display can be determined, and a portion of the UI display substantially centered at the coordinate can be modified. As one example, the UI display can be modified to increase the magnification scale (e.g., a virtual magnifying glass) of the portion of the display indicated by the selector object.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining whether a number of corrective changes associated with an interface display exceeds a threshold value during a defined period of time;
- and
- in response to a determination that the number of corrective changes exceeds the threshold value during the defined period of time, updating output of the interface display as a function of a position of a selector object interacting with a surface associated with the interface display.
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a system comprising a processor, whether a number of correction-based inputs associated with an interface display exceeds a threshold;
- and
- in response to a determination that the number of correction-based inputs exceeds the threshold, updating, by the system, output of the interface display as a function of a tactile feedback signal associated with a selector object interacting with a surface of the interface display.
A computer-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- determining whether a number of corrective changes associated with a user interface of the device exceeds a defined threshold during a period of time;
- and
- in response to the number of corrective changes being determined to exceed the defined threshold during the period of time, updating output associated with the user interface as a function of a position of a selector object with respect to a user interface surface of the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.