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Advanced touch control of interactive immersive imaging applications via finger angle using a high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) touch user interface

AssigneeLester F. Ludwig

InventorSeung E. Lim

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Abstract

High Dimensional Touchpad (HDTP) or other user interface technology, implemented in touch screens used on computers, smartphones, or other mobile devices provides advanced touch control a variety of interactive immersive imaging applications using one or more of a user's finger position or movement in one or more of the roll angle, pitch angle, yaw angle, and downward pressure directions. Implementations also can be responsive to a user's finger position or movement in the left-right and forward-backward directions. Implementations can also use HDTP or other user interface technology implemented on the back of a mouse. Also, an interactive immersive imaging application can employ a connection over the internet or other network.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for controlling an interactive immersive imaging application, the method comprising:

configuring a user interface touch sensor to be responsive to at least one angle of contact with at least one finger, the finger belonging to a human user of a computing device and the user interface touch sensor in communication with an operating system of the computing device;
measuring at least one change in at least one angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor to produce measured data;
performing real-time calculations on the measured data to produce a measured-angle value;
and
using the measured-angle value to control the value of at least one user interface parameter of an interactive immersive imaging application;
wherein at least one aspect of the interactive immersive imaging application changes responsive to the angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/442,815Filed 9 Apr 2012 · continuation
Priority: 12 Jul 2008
Published: US 2012/0194462 A12 Aug 2012
Granted: 2 Jul 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
A63F 13/214
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
A63F 13/428
By mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual…:…
G06F 3/03547
With detection of two-dimensional [2D] relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D…

Family

Application61/080,232Us provisional application · filed 12 Jul 2008
Application12/502,230Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 Jul 2009
Application12/511,930Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jul 2009
US 2012/0194462 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Aug 2012
US 8,169,414 B2Parent of this continuation
US 8,345,014 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application12/511,930Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2010/0110025 A1Published application
US 2011/0007000 A1Published application
US 8,477,111 B2This patent

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