Touch Gesture Text Input Box Invocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of touch sensitive displays face inconvenience in switching from reading to writing modes, as current systems require multiple steps to invoke a text input box, making it cumbersome to input text at desired times and configurations.
Innovation Solution
A touch sensitive display device that recognizes a unique touch input gesture to quickly invoke a text input box, allowing users to draw specific gestures to control the display of the text input box, including language settings, font characteristics, and size, based on the gesture recognized.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a virtual keyboard is provided only at predetermined times, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects touch gestures and invokes text input functionality without requiring manual mode switching. The touch sensitive display device itself identifies user intent through gesture patterns and activates the appropriate input mode, making the system self-serve the user's needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters based on detected gesture patterns. Different touch gestures (swipe directions, tap patterns, handwriting inputs) trigger different input modes and configurations, allowing the system to adapt its behavior dynamically without complex manual switching procedures.
2Ease of operation
If manual mode switching is required to input text, then the ease of operation deteriorates, but the device complexity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the mode switching function from the user's manual control and embeds it within the touch gesture recognition system. The gesture detection mechanism automatically handles what would otherwise require separate mode switching operations, consolidating multiple functions into a single interactive paradigm.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch gesture system serves multiple functions: it acts as both the input method selector and the actual text input mechanism. The same touch interface used for navigation also triggers text input mode, eliminating the need for separate mode switching controls and simplifying the user interaction model.
3Productivity
If multiple configuration steps are required for text input, then the productivity deteriorates, but the manufacturing precision is improved
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary configuration by detecting gesture patterns that encode multiple parameters simultaneously. A single complex gesture can pre-configure font size, input language, and text box position, eliminating the need for sequential configuration steps and accelerating text input activation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple configuration operations into a single touch gesture. Rather than requiring separate actions for selecting input mode, configuring text properties, and positioning the text box, the system combines these functions into one integrated gesture recognition and response mechanism.
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AI summary
A touch input gesture made on a touch sensitive display is described for providing a quick and efficient method for initiating the opening of a text input box. The initiation of opening the text input box following the touch input gesture may be made during the running of a separate application. Further, certain characteristics related to the shape, size and length of the touch input gesture will be referenced to determine certain characteristics of the text input box that is initiated in response to the touch input gesture.