Device off-plane surface touch activation
AssigneeRakuten Kobo Inc.
InventorJuan Ernesto Salas Imana
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Abstract
A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. A touch sensor is provided with a portion of the housing having a different planar orientation than a remainder of the housing. For example, the touch sensor may be provided with a portion of the housing that is off-plane with the screen of the display assembly. A processor is provided within the housing to detect a first user interaction with the touch sensor, and to interpret the first user interaction as a first user input. The processor further executes one or more instructions in response to the first user input.
Claims20
A computing device comprising:
- a housing;
- a display assembly including a screen, wherein the housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable;
- a touch sensor provided with a portion of the housing having a different planar orientation than a remainder of the housing;
- and
- a processor provided within the housing, the processor operating to:
- detect a first user interaction with the touch sensor when rendering paginated content of an e-book;
- interpret the first user interaction as a page transition input that is indicative of a particular page transition value and of a selection of a page transition type from multiple possible page transition types;
- and
- execute one or more operations to transition rendering of the paginated content based on the indicated page transition value and the selection of the page transition type.
A method for operating a computing device, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
- detecting a first user interaction with a touch sensor when rendering paginated content of an e-book, wherein the touch sensor is provided with a portion of a housing of the computing device that has a different planar orientation than a remainder of the housing;
- interpreting the first user interaction as a page transition input that is indicative of a particular page transition value and of a selection of a page transition type from multiple possible page transition types;
- and
- executing one or more operations to transition rendering of the paginated content based on the indicated page transition value and the selection of the page transition type.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations that include:
- detecting a first user interaction with a touch sensor when rendering paginated content of an e-book, wherein the touch sensor is provided with a portion of a housing of the computing device that has a different planar orientation than a remainder of the housing;
- interpreting the first user interaction as a page transition input that is indicative of a particular page transition value and of a selection of a page transition type from multiple possible page transition types;
- and
- executing one or more operations to transition rendering of the paginated content based on the indicated page transition value and the selection of the page transition type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.