User interface for a device
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorsMartin Vecera, Jiri Pechanec
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Abstract
A device includes a processor and a memory comprising machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the system to display information to a user through a display screen of the device, the display screen being positioned on a front side of the device, receive a first input from a first sensor placed on a left side of the device, the first input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the first sensor, receive a second input from a second sensor placed on a right side of the device, the second input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the second sensor, and execute a predefined function within an application running on the device, the predefined function being based on both the first input and the second input.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the device to:
- display information to a user through a display screen of the device, the display screen being positioned on a front side of the device;
- receive a first input from a first sensor placed on a left side of the device, the first input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the first sensor;
- receive a second input from a second sensor placed on a right side of the device, the second input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the second sensor;
- and
- execute a predefined function within an application running on the device in response to determining that the first input and the second input indicate that five appendages are touching the device.
A mobile device comprising:
- a display screen on a front side of the device;
- a left side sensor on a left side of the device;
- a right side sensor on a right side of the device;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the device to:
- display information to a user through the display screen of the device;
- receive a first input from the left side sensor, the first input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the left side sensor;
- receive a second input from the right side sensor, the second input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the right side sensor;
- and
- execute a predefined function within an application running on the device in response to determining that five appendages are touching the device.
A method performed by a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a first input from a first sensor placed on a left side of the device, the first input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the first sensor;
- receiving a second input from a second sensor placed on a right side of the device, the second input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the second sensor;
- and
- executing a predefined function within an application running on the device in response to determining that four appendages are touching one of the first and second sensors and a fifth appendage is touching the other of the first and second sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.