US 2016/0098125 A1 · Determining User Handedness and Orientation Using a Touchscreen Device

Abstract

The present disclosure provides techniques for determining the position and/or orientation of a pointing device relative to the screen on a touchscreen device. A method may include receiving first orientation data from a first device that may include a capacitive touch surface. A touch point may be received indicating a location of a touch by a user on the capacitive touch surface. Second orientation data may be received from a second device. The first and second orientation data may be correlated to determine a relative orientation of the first device to the second device. A position of a pointing device may be determined based on the touch point and the relative orientation of the first and second devices. Additionally, multiple distances relative to a capacitive touch surface may be received, and based on the multiple distances, a position of a user's finger, hand, and/or arm may be determined.

Claims22

Dependent claims

1-19. (canceled)

A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining whether a touch input is likely to be a left-handed input or a right-handed input;
identifying a particular portion of the user interface based on whether the touch input is likely to be a left-handed input or a right-handed input;
determining to position a user interface element on the particular portion of the user interface;
and
providing, for display in a user device, the user interface including the user interface element positioned on the particular portion of the user interface.

2 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that, upon execution by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

determining whether a touch input is likely to be a left-handed input or a right-handed input;
identifying a particular portion of the user interface based on whether the touch input is likely to be a left-handed input or a right-handed input;
determining to position a user interface element on the particular portion of the user interface;
and
providing, for display in a user device, the user interface including the user interface element positioned on the particular portion of the user interface.

2 more elements

A system comprising:

one or more processors and one or more computer storage media storing instructions that are operable and when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining whether a touch input is likely to be a left-handed input or a right-handed input;
identifying a particular portion of the user interface based on whether the touch input is likely to be a left-handed input or a right-handed input;
determining to position a user interface element on the particular portion of the user interface;
and
providing, for display in a user device, the user interface including the user interface element positioned on the particular portion of the user interface.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/967,898Filed 14 Dec 2015

Priority

17 Mar 2014

Published

7 Apr 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06F 3/044
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: by capacitive means
G06F 3/0416
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: control or interface arrangements specially adapted for…
G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06F
Computing and data processing

Determining User Handedness and Orientation Using a Touchscreen Device

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Determining User Handedness and Orientation Using a Touchscreen Device

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Abstract

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