Patent
Virtual button for touch screen
David I. Dunthorn
- 06 May 1988
292
TL;DR: In this article, an orthogonal data field input device is used to generate a stream of data related to the location within the field of the touch action, and a second condition sensor for sensing the occurrence of a second predetermined condition.
read more
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for creating a virtual push button comprise a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device useably connected within a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data related to the location within the field of the touch action. The orthogonal data field input device includes circuitry for sensing the onset of a first touch action and for monitoring the continuity thereof; and the computing system including a second condition sensor for sensing the occurrence of a second predetermined condition; and, computing circuitry for generating the virtual push button upon the concurrence of touch action continuation and the occurrence of the second predetermined condition.
read more
Chat with Paper
AI Agents for this Paper
Find similar papers on Google Scholar, PubMed and Arxiv
Write a critical review of this paper
Analyze citations of this paper to find unaddressed research gaps
Citations
Patent
Gestures for touch sensitive input devices
Steve Hotelling,Joshua A. Strickon,Brian Q. Huppi,Imran Chaudhri,Greg Christie,Bas Ording,Duncan Robert Kerr,Jonathan P. Ive +7 more
- 09 May 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the authors described a system for processing touch inputs with respect to a multipoint sensing device and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multi-point sensing device.
2.5K
Patent
Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition
David W. Gillespie,Timothy P. Allen,Ralph Wolf,Shawn P. Day +3 more
- 06 Oct 1995
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y direction from the matrix, and determining an occurrence of a single gesture through an examination of the capacitance profile, the single gesture including an application of at least two objects on the capacitive sensor pad.
2.1K
Patent
Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse buttons and mouse operations on a touch sensor pad
Stephen J. Bisset,Bernard Kasser +1 more
- 28 Feb 1996
TL;DR: In this article, a method and apparatus for detecting an operative coupling between one or more fingers or other appropriate objects and a touch pad includes processes for detection of multiple maxima with intermediate minima in appropriate sequences to emulate the operations of cursor control and button actuations in a pointing and control device.
1.4K
Patent
Mode-based graphical user interfaces for touch sensitive input devices
Steve Hotelling,Joshua A. Strickon,Brian Q. Huppi,Duncan Robert Kerr,Imran Chaudhri,Greg Christie,Jonathan P. Ive,Bas Ording +7 more
- 19 Jul 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a user interface method for detecting a touch and then determining user interface mode when a touch is detected is presented. And the method further includes activating one or more GUI elements based on the user interface modes and in response to the detected touch.
1.3K
Patent
Proximity detector in handheld device
Steve Hotelling,Brian Q. Huppi,Joshua A. Strickon,Duncan Robert Kerr,Bas Ording,Imran Chaudhri,Greg Christie,Jonathan P. Ive,Peter J. Kennedy,Anthony M. Fadell,Jeffrey L. Robbin +10 more
- 30 Sep 2005
TL;DR: Proximity based systems and methods that are implemented on an electronic device are disclosed in this article, where the method includes sensing an object spaced away and in close proximity to the electronic device.
1.3K
References
Patent
Touch screen form entry system
Benjamin Wilson Day,Alexander Carlyle Gillon,Raoul Arntz Leconte +2 more
- 11 Dec 1986
TL;DR: In this article, a form entry system is adapted to display a predefined form and to automatically display a pre-defined tool, such as a keyboard, menu, calculator, etc., to facilitate inputting information in a respective field of the form or chart.
262
Patent
Nonplanar transparent electrographic sensor
William A. Gibson,John E. Talmage +1 more
- 04 Dec 1978
TL;DR: In this article, an electrographic sensor for the generation of coordinate signals corresponding to contacted positions on the sensor is described, which is of particular value for placing in intimate contact with the nonplanar face of a cathode ray tube or the like.
173
Patent
Discriminating contact sensor
George S Hurst,Jr William C Colwell +1 more
- 18 Mar 1974
TL;DR: In this paper, a sensor construction is described for maintaining two juxtaposed electrical potential carrying sheets, at least one being flexible, separated from each other but permitting contact there between when an object of specified radius of curvature is pressed against the flexible sheet.
132
Related Papers (5)
Wayne Carl Westerman,John Greer Elias +1 more
- 25 Jan 1999
Robert J. Miller,Stephen Bisset +1 more
- 07 Jun 1993