Dynamic input at a touch-based interface based on pressure
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsEric Teller, Martin T. King, Claes-Fredrik Mannby, Kevin Anthony Furr
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems that may enable a touch-based interface to receive dynamic user inputs based on pressure. An exemplary method may involve: (a) detecting a touch interaction including an increase in pressure greater than a first threshold pressure-increase followed by a reduction in pressure greater than a threshold pressure-reduction; and (b) responsive to detecting the touch interaction, initiating an operation based on a region of the touch-based interface that corresponds to the touch interaction, wherein the operation is associated with the touch interaction.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
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- program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to:
- receive an input signal corresponding to one or more touch interactions on a touch-based interface;
- determine a pressure level of a given touch interaction at a given time;
- detect a first touch interaction comprising a reduction in pressure level at a first location on the touch-based interface from within a first pressure range to within a second pressure range;
- responsive to detecting the first touch interaction, initiate a first operation based on a region of the touch-based interface that corresponds to the first touch interaction;
- detect a second touch interaction at a second location on the touch-based interface, wherein the second touch interaction comprises an increase in pressure at the second location from within a third pressure range to within a fourth pressure range, followed by a reduction in pressure at the second location from within the fourth pressure range to within a fifth pressure range below the third pressure range;
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- responsive to detecting the second touch interaction, initiate a second operation based on the second location on the touch-based interface.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- detecting a first touch interaction at a first location on a touch-based interface, wherein the first touch interaction comprises a tap interaction comprising a reduction in pressure at the first location from a first pressure range to a second pressure range;
- responsive to detecting the first touch interaction, initiating a first operation based on a region of the touch-based interface that corresponds to the first touch interaction;
- detecting a second touch interaction at a second location on the touch-based interface, wherein the second touch interaction includes an increase in pressure at the second location from within a third pressure range within a fourth pressure range, followed by a reduction in pressure at the second location from within the fourth pressure range to within a fifth pressure range below the third pressure range;
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- responsive to detecting the second touch interaction, initiating a second operation based on the second location on the touch-based interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.