Text Input Gesture Correction and Menu Selection via Boundary Crossing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing text input systems for portable devices, such as touch-screen interfaces, face challenges in allowing users to efficiently edit incorrectly recognized text without relocating the text insertion position, and in making precise menu selections, which affects usability and speed.
Innovation Solution
The system allows users to perform a distinct 'Re-Edit' gesture to correct incorrectly recognized text without moving the text insertion point, and enables menu selections by crossing the outer boundary of the menu with their input action, reducing the need for precise placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users perform traditional text editing operations on portable devices, then text can be corrected, but the text insertion position must be relocated which reduces efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the text editing function into two distinct operations: a selection gesture to identify the text to be corrected, and a separate correction trigger. This segmentation allows the text insertion position to be preserved while enabling correction, as the system remembers the original insertion point and restores it after correction is applied.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (the text selection and correction trigger system) that mediates between the user's correction intent and the text insertion position. This intermediary allows correction to occur without direct manipulation of the insertion point, thus preserving efficiency while enabling correction.
2Measurement precision
If users make precise menu selections on portable devices, then accurate choices can be made, but it requires precise placement which reduces speed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the menu selection process adaptive to user input speed. The system dynamically adjusts the selection criteria based on the gesture trajectory and timing, allowing faster selections when precision is less critical while maintaining accuracy when needed. This dynamic approach resolves the contradiction between precision and speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of menu selection from static precise placement to dynamic gesture-based selection. By modifying the selection parameters to include gesture duration, trajectory, and triggering conditions, the system enables faster selections while maintaining sufficient precision through multiple parameter validation.
3Measurement precision
If text input systems require precise actions, then accuracy can be achieved, but input speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by requiring only essential precision for text input gestures. Instead of demanding high precision for all input actions, the system accepts partial precision (coarser gestures) for text entry while reserving fine precision for confirmation and correction operations. This partial precision approach maintains input speed while achieving sufficient accuracy.
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AI summary
Methods and system to enable a user of an input action recognition text input system to edit any incorrectly recognized text without re-locating the text insertion position to the location of the text to be corrected. The System also automatically maintains correct spacing between textual objects when a textual object is replaced with an object for which automatic spacing is generated in a different manner. The System also enables the graphical presentation of menu choices in a manner that facilitates faster and easier selection of a desired choice by performing a selection gesture requiring less precision than directly contacting the sub-region of the menu associated with the desired choice.