Enhanced user interaction with a device
AssigneeUniversity of Newcastle Upon Tyne
InventorsJonathan Hook, Patrick Olivier
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Abstract
A method, for a device, for enhancing user interaction with the device is provided. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a user input; receiving a signal comprising information indicating a motion and/or orientation of a sensor during a period of time occurring before, during, and/or after occurrence of the user input; performing an operation depending on the user input and the motion and/or orientation of the sensor.
Claims62
A method, for a device, for enhancing user interaction with the device, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a user input, wherein the user input comprises one or more of:
- a touch input applied to the device by an input object;
- a sensed proximity between the device and the input object;
- and actuation of a physical input element of the device by the input object;
- receiving a signal comprising information indicating a motion and/or orientation of a sensor during a period of time occurring before, during, and/or after occurrence of the user input, wherein the sensor is separate from the device;
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- performing an operation depending on the user input and the motion and/or orientation of the sensor.
A method according to any of claims 3 to 17, wherein the step of performing the operation comprises performing the operation depending on one or more characteristics of the motion and/or orientation of the sensor during a third time period in which the user input occurs.
A method according to any preceding claim, comprising the further step of classifying the motion and/or orientation of the sensor.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the operation comprises modifying a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the operation comprises an operation in an art application.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the user input comprises selecting a location in a GUI, and wherein the operation comprises an operation performed on a GUI object in relation to the selected located.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the user input comprises an input for performing a first operation, and wherein the operation comprises a modified version of the first operation.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the operation comprises an operation in a game.
A device for enhancing user interaction with the device, the device comprising:
- an input unit for receiving a user input, wherein the user input comprises one or more of:
- a touch input applied to the device by an input object;
- a sensed proximity between the device and the input object;
- and actuation of a physical input element of the device by the input object;
- a receiver for receiving a signal comprising information indicating a motion and/or orientation of a sensor during a period of time occurring before, during, and/or after occurrence of the user input, wherein the sensor is separate from the device;
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- a processor for performing an operation depending on the user input and the motion and/or orientation of the sensor.
A device according to claim 33, wherein the one or more characteristics of the motion comprise one or more of:
- a type of the motion and/or orientation;
- a physical property of the motion and/or orientation;
- and a statistical value derived from a physical property of the motion and/or orientation.
A device according to any of claims 32 to 46, wherein the processor is configured for performing the operation by performing the operation depending on one or more characteristics of the motion and/or orientation of the sensor during a third time period in which the user input occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.