Pressure sensitive user interface for mobile devices

A technology of mobile devices and pressure, applied in the input/output process of data processing, instruments, calculations, etc., can solve the problems of small area restrictions on the usefulness of mobile devices

Active Publication Date: 2012-05-30
QUALCOMM INC
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[0034] Various aspects will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. References made to particular examples and implementations are for purposes of illustration, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention or the claims.

[0035] As used herein, the terms "mobile handset" and "mobile device" are used interchangeably and refer to various cellular phones, personal data assistants (PDAs), palmtops, laptops, wireless email Receiver (for example, Blackberry and Treo devices), and cellular phones with multimedia Internet capabilities (for example, Blackberry Storm ), and any of similar personal electronic devices. The mobile device may contain a programmable processor and memory, as referenced below Figure 24 more fully described.

[0036] As used herein, the terms "keypad" and "keyboard" are used interchangeably to ...

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Virtual keypads are provided which determine an intended user key entry based upon location of keystrokes as well as other keystroke characteristics such as keystroke shape and/or pressure. Virtual keypad layouts which include overlapping or multi-character keys may be used to reduce typing errors on small pressure sensing touch screens. Keystrokes on overlapping or multi-character keys may be disambiguated using measured pressures applied to the pressure sensing touch screen as well as other keystroke characteristics such as keystroke shape. Additional user interfaces are provided which exploit pressure sensing touch screen capable of discriminating magnitudes of pressure exerted upon the touch screen surface.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to computer user input devices, and more particularly, to pressure sensitive mobile device user interfaces. Background technique [0002] There is an increasing demand for powerful yet portable, compact yet full-featured computing devices. This trend is especially evident in the evolution of mobile electronic devices (mobile devices) such as cellular telephones, which now function as cell phones, video and audio capture devices, video and audio players, network access terminals and computers . [0003] As the complexity of mobile devices has grown, so has the variety and complexity of application software, making mobile devices multifunctional productivity tools. However, the usefulness of mobile devices and their applications are limited by the small area available for user interfaces. Conventional cellular telephones, for example, contain a simple keypad in a fixed configuration. Recently, mobile devices ha...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/041
CPCG06F3/0488G06F3/04886G06F3/0416G06F3/0216G06F2203/04104G06F2203/04803
Inventor 巴巴科·福鲁坦保尔赛义德·萨勒曼
Owner QUALCOMM INC
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