Controlling user interfaces for electronic devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsThong THAI, Syed S. AZAM, Mike PROVENCHER, Rahul V. LAKDAWALA
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Abstract
A technique includes detecting a finger pattern that is associated with a physical interaction of a user with a touch screen of an electronic device. The technique includes acquiring sensory input that is associated with the user other than a characteristic of the physical interaction of the user with the touch screen. The technique includes determining whether the physical interaction is associated with an intent to use the touchscreen for key-based input entry based at least in part on the sensory input and controlling a user interface for the electronic device based at least in part on the detected finger pattern and the determined intent.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- detecting a finger pattern associated with a physical interaction of a user with a touch screen of an electronic device;
- acquiring sensory input associated with the user other than a characteristic of the physical interaction of the user with the touch screen;
- determining whether the physical interaction is associated with an intent to use the touch screen for key-based input entry based at least in part on the sensory input;
- and
- controlling a user interface for the electronic device based at least in part on the detected finger pattern and the determined intent.
An article comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to:
- detect an area associated with a finger interacting with a touch screen of the computer;
- and
- regulate a size of an image displayed on the touch screen and associated with a user interface based at least in part on the detected area.
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of display devices;
- a first sensor to detect physical interaction between at least one hand and a touch surface of the plurality of display devices;
- a second sensor;
- a interface control engine to:
- based at least in part on an output of the second sensor, determine whether the physical interaction is associated with an intent to invoke a virtual user interface;
- determine a device mode based at least in part on a physical configuration of the plurality of display devices;
- and
- selectively invoke the virtual user interface based at least in part on a characteristic of the physical interaction, the determined device mode and a result of determining the intent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.