Touch event anticipation in a computing device

A computing device and touch event technology, which is applied in the input/output process of computing and data processing, instruments, etc., can solve the problem that users cannot determine whether the device is working normally, cannot determine the network connection event of the device, and reduce the number of users of touch-sensitive devices. Experience and other issues

Active Publication Date: 2012-07-25
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
View PDF4 Cites 34 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

These time lags are frustrating for users because they cannot be sure that the device is functioning properly, that gesture input was received properly or needs to be re-entered, that the device is experiencing a network connection event, etc.
In times of uncertainty, users are often staring at their screens, sluggish for a momen

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Touch event anticipation in a computing device
  • Touch event anticipation in a computing device
  • Touch event anticipation in a computing device

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0013] figure 1 One embodiment of a computing device 10 configured to anticipate one or more touch events is shown. When the user is about to make a touch input, the user's hand 5 approaches the touch-sensitive display screen 12 of the computing device 10 . The touch sensitive display 12 is configured to sense the user's hand 5 even though there is a gap 14 between the hand 5 and the upper surface of the display using various sensing techniques as described below. From the perspective of the display screen 12 , the hand appears to cast a sensed shadow 16 on the display screen 12 . The computing device is configured to interpret hand position and motion and predict one or more expected touch inputs that may occur, and then perform pre-processing to reduce latency when a user actually performs one of the expected touch inputs. As a result, for example, the response time of the computing device in response to expected touch input is improved, the user experience with the comput...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to view more

PUM

No PUM Login to view more

Abstract

Systems and methods for anticipation of touch events in a computing device are provided. The computing device may include a multi-touch sensitive display including a sensor configured to sense a position and/or movement of a hand. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed, having a state including a plurality of possible touch inputs. The computing device may further include a touch event prediction module configured to compute one or more anticipated touch inputs based on the sensed hand position and/or movement, and the state of the GUI with the plurality of possible user inputs. The computing device may further include a preprocessing module configured to preprocess data for each anticipated touch input, and upon the detection of an actual touch input received from the user that matches one of the anticipated touch inputs, displaying the preprocessed data for the actual touch input on the GUI.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to computing devices, and more particularly to touch event anticipation in computing devices. Background technique [0002] Touch-sensitive computing devices, such as mobile phones and tablet computers, are becoming more and more portable with the development of smaller processors and storage devices. Additionally, consumers are increasingly demanding software that runs on such devices, including mail, games, photos, movies, and a variety of other applications. In addition, these touch-sensitive computing devices often use gesture-based input, which consumes processing power. To handle these tasks, processors with higher and higher performance and memories are continuously being developed with smaller footprints. [0003] However, software and hardware sometimes do not align with users. As a result, users sometimes experience a time lag during which the touch-sensitive device appears to be "thinking" immediately after t...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to view more

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to view more
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/041G06F3/048
CPCG06F3/0488G06F3/0416G06F3/044G06F2203/04106G06F2203/04808G06F3/011G06F3/017G06F3/0412G06F3/042G06F3/045G06F3/04817G06F3/0482G06F2203/04101G06F2203/04104G06F2203/04108
Inventor O·伯克斯A·盖格M·E·阿姆杜尔
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
Who we serve
  • R&D Engineer
  • R&D Manager
  • IP Professional
Why Eureka
  • Industry Leading Data Capabilities
  • Powerful AI technology
  • Patent DNA Extraction
Social media
Try Eureka
PatSnap group products

Browse by: Latest US Patents, China's latest patents, Technical Efficacy Thesaurus, Application Domain, Technology Topic.

© 2024 PatSnap. All rights reserved.Legal|Privacy policy|Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement|Sitemap