Systems and methods for actively resisting touch-induced motion
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorRoderick A. Hyde
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Abstract
A system for actively resisting touch-induced motion includes a touchscreen device and a processing circuit. The touchscreen device includes one or more sensors configured to generate motion data based on a motion of a touchscreen display of the touchscreen device, where the motion is induced by a touch on the display. The touchscreen device further includes one or more motion control devices configured to apply a force to the display. The processing circuit is configured to determine, based on the motion data, a force to counteract the motion. The processing circuit is further configured to cause the motion control devices to apply a force to the display to counteract the motion of the display.
Claims35
A method of actively resisting touch-induced motion, comprising:
- generating, by a sensor, motion data associated with motion of a touchscreen display of the touchscreen device, wherein the motion is induced by a touch on the display, and wherein the touchscreen device includes:
- the sensor;
- and
- a motion control device configured to apply a force to the display;
- and
- determining, based on the motion data, a force to counteract the motion;
- and
- applying a force, by the motion control device, to the display to counteract the motion of the display.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions forming a program executable by a processing circuit to actively resisting touch-induced motion of a touchscreen display of a touchscreen device, the instructions comprising:
- instructions for receiving, from a sensor, motion data associated with motion of the display of the touchscreen device, wherein the motion is induced by a touch on the display, and wherein the touchscreen device comprises:
- the sensor;
- and
- a motion control device configured to apply a force to the display;
- instructions for determining, based on the motion data, a force to counteract the motion;
- and
- instructions for causing the motion control device to apply a force to the display to counteract the motion of the display.
A method for actively resisting touch-induced motion, comprising:
- predicting a future touch location on a touchscreen corresponding to an expected touch;
- predicting a future motion of the touchscreen based on the expected touch;
- determining, based on the future motion and the future touch location, a force to counteract the motion;
- and
- causing a motion control device to apply the force to the touchscreen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.