Touchscreen Content Editing With Physical Keyboard Shortcut Hints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for viewing, creating, editing, and sharing content on touch screen devices with small displays are cumbersome and inefficient, requiring multiple key presses and wasting user time and device energy, particularly in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing methods and interfaces that allow for faster and more efficient operations on touch screen devices by detecting discrete inputs, translating user interfaces based on stationary inputs, and utilizing context-dependent operations with physical keyboards, including modifier keys and shortcut operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a physical keyboard is added to a touch screen device, then keyboard input efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both a physical keyboard for text input and as a touch input device for navigating graphical user interfaces. The same hardware component performs both text entry and graphical interaction, eliminating the need for separate input devices and reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the physical keyboard with the touch screen interface by enabling the keyboard to detect both mechanical key presses and touch inputs on its surface. This merging allows a single component to replace what would traditionally require separate devices for different input modalities.
2Measurement precision
If multiple key presses are required for operations, then input precision is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically determining and executing appropriate operations based on the sequence and pattern of key presses detected. The processor analyzes the input sequence in advance to identify intended operations, reducing the need for additional confirmation steps and minimizing time consumption while maintaining input precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the processor continuously monitors the sequence of key presses and adjusts its interpretation based on the context and pattern. This feedback loop allows the system to accurately identify user intentions from multi-key sequences while optimizing the response time by eliminating unnecessary delays.
3Measurement precision
If discrete inputs are processed sequentially, then input accuracy is improved, but processing speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of input sequences to identify patterns and predict user intentions before complete input is received. By preparing processing actions in advance based on detected patterns, the system maintains high input accuracy while significantly improving processing speed through parallel preparation of responses.
Solution Approach 2:
The processing approach is made dynamic by adjusting the level of sequential analysis based on input patterns. The system can operate in more aggressive sequential processing modes when accuracy is critical, and switch to faster pattern-based processing when input patterns are recognizable, optimizing the balance between accuracy and speed in real-time.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for viewing, creating, editing, and sharing content on an electronic device. In accordance with some embodiments, a shortcut hint user interface is displayed in response to detection of a downstroke input of a modifier key. The shortcut hint user interface includes information identifying shortcuts associated with the modifier key.