Reshapable pointing device for touchscreens
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorJohnny Meng-Han Shieh
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture direct a computer system, having at least a processor, memory, and touchscreen, to create a reshapable pointing device. The method includes the steps of displaying a pointing device on the touchscreen and, in response to detecting at least one finger placed on the pointing device, reshaping the pointing device in accordance with the size of the finger.
Claims6
A method for directing a computer system, having at least a processor, memory, and touchscreen, to create a reshapable pointing device, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a single pointing device on the touchscreen;
- in response to detecting at least one finger placed on the pointing device, determining an identity of a user having said at least one finger, said step of determining an identity further including the steps of:
- determining measurements of a hand of said user;
- comparing said measurements with a plurality of stored measurements, each of said plurality of stored measurements being associated with a different user;
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- in response to said determined measurements being approximately equal to one of said plurality of stored measurements, determining an identity of said different user associated with said stored measurements;
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- in response to determining said identity of said user, reshaping the pointing device in accordance with predetermined customization features associated with said user for the pointing device.
A computer system, having at least a processor, memory, and touchscreen, to create a reshapable pointing device, comprising:
- means for displaying a single pointing device on the touchscreen;
- means responsive to detecting at least one finger placed on the pointing device, for determining an identity of a user having said at least one finger said means for determining an identity of a user further comprising:
- means for determining measurements of a hand of said user;
- means for comparing said measurements with a plurality of stored measurements, each of said plurality of stored measurements being associated with a different user;
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- means responsive to said determined measurements being approximately equal to one of said plurality of stored measurements, for determining an identity of said different user associated with said stored measurements.;
- means responsive to determining said identity of said user, for reshaping the pointing device in accordance with predetermined customization features associated with said user for the pointing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.