Multifunctional keypad on touch screen
AssigneeJetway Technologies Ltd.
InventorDavid Hirshberg
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Abstract
A multifunction keypad includes a touch-sensitive surface with a number of regions designated as keys. A processor, associated with the touch-sensitive surface, is configured to: (i) identify a contact location at which an object comes into contact with the touch-sensitive surface, (ii) determine a selected one of the keys corresponding to the one of the regions within which the contact location is located, (iii) identify a direction of motion of the object across the touch-sensitive surface relative to the contact location, and (iv) select in a manner conditional upon at least the direction of motion one of a plurality of functions associated with the selected key.
Claims31
A multifunction keypad comprising:
- (a) a touch-sensitive surface having defined thereon a plurality of regions designated as keys;
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- (b) a processor associated with said touch-sensitive surface and configured to:
- (i) identify a contact location at which an object comes into contact with said touch-sensitive surface,
- (ii) determine a selected one of said keys corresponding to the one of said regions within which said contact location is located,
- (iii) identify a direction of motion of the object across said touch-sensitive surface relative to said contact location, and
- (iv) select in a manner conditional upon at least said direction of motion one of a plurality of functions associated with said selected key.
A method for designating functions on a multifunction keypad defined by a plurality of regions on a touch-sensitive surface, each region being designated as a key, the method comprising:
- (a) identifying a contact location at which an object comes into contact with the touch-sensitive surface,
- (b) determining a selected key corresponding to the region within which the contact location is located,
- (c) identifying a direction of motion of the object across the touch-sensitive surface relative to the contact location, and
- (d) selecting in a manner conditional upon at least said direction of motion one of a plurality of functions associated with the selected key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.