Graphical interface and method for managing said graphical interface during the touch-selection of a displayed element
AssigneeRENAULT s.a.s.
InventorStephane REGNIER
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Abstract
A touch interface includes a display screen. The interface detects an approach and a position of a finger of a user with respect to the screen. The interface displays on the screen at least one graphical element associated with a touch-selection zone, surrounding an anchor point of the graphical element on the screen. The interface estimates a trajectory of a point of the finger and an impact point of the trajectory on the screen, and moves the graphical element in the direction of the impact point, when a distance between the anchor point and the impact point falls below a first threshold.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A touch interface, comprising:
- a display screen, the interface being configured to detect an approach and a position of a finger of a user with respect to the screen, the interface being configured to display on the screen at least one graphical element associated with a touch-selection zone, surrounding an anchor point of the graphical element on the screen,
- wherein the interface is configured to estimate a trajectory of a point of the finger and an impact point of the trajectory on the screen, and is configured to move the graphical element in the direction of the impact point, when a distance between the anchor point and the impact point falls below a first threshold.
A method for managing a touch interface, configured to detect an approach and a position of a finger of a user with respect to a screen of the interface, comprising:
- displaying at least one graphical element on the screen associated with a touch-selection zone, surrounding an anchor point of the graphical element on the screen, and located inside the same zone of influence;
- estimating repeatedly a trajectory of a point of the finger and an impact point of the trajectory on the screen;
- moving, when the impact point enters the zone of influence, the displayed graphical element and the associated touch-selection zone in a direction of the impact point;
- and
- displaying, as long as the impact point remains in the zone of influence, the graphical element and the associated touch-selection zone at a position which is a function of the updated impact point, and which becomes closer to the impact point as the finger approaches the screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.