Virtual Keyboard Vibration Feedback for Touch Typing Anchor Keys
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Solution Overview
Problem
Virtual keyboards lack the tactile feedback features of physical keyboards, making touch typing difficult.
Innovation Solution
Implement vibration feedback elements on a touchscreen to provide tactile feedback, specifically targeting anchor point keys to enhance user experience and muscle memory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a virtual keyboard is provided on a touchscreen, then portability is improved, but tactile feedback capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies mechanical vibration by driving specific vibration feedback elements to generate tactile feedback when anchor point keys are touched. This creates a mechanical vibration effect on the touchscreen surface, providing users with tactile sensation similar to physical keyboards while maintaining the portability benefits of a virtual keyboard.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by detecting touch operations on anchor point keys and triggering corresponding vibration feedback elements. This closed-loop feedback mechanism provides real-time tactile response to user input, enhancing the typing experience without compromising portability.
2Reliability
If vibration feedback elements are activated for all keys, then tactile feedback completeness is improved, but user confusion increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by activating vibration feedback elements only at specific anchor point key locations rather than uniformly across all keys. This localized approach provides sufficient tactile guidance for finger positioning while avoiding overwhelming feedback that could cause user confusion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses partial action by selectively activating vibration feedback only for anchor point keys that require positioning assistance, rather than activating all feedback elements. This partial activation provides necessary tactile guidance while maintaining a calm user experience.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances touch typing accuracy by providing targeted tactile feedback, reducing confusion and improving user familiarity with virtual keyboards.
Implementation Method 1
The electronic device indicates the first vibration feedback element to emit a vibration wave
Data Source
AI summary
An embodiment provides a feedback method, applied to an electronic device provided with a touchscreen. The touchscreen is provided with a plurality of vibration feedback elements. The method includes detecting a first contact operation acting on the touchscreen, and obtaining first location information of a first contact point corresponding to the first contact operation, where the first location information corresponds to a first virtual key on a virtual keyboard. The method also includes if the first virtual key is an anchor point key, obtaining, from the plurality of vibration feedback elements, a first vibration feedback element that matches the first virtual key, and indicating the first vibration feedback element to emit a vibration wave, to prompt that the first virtual key is an anchor point key, so that the user can sense a location of the anchor point key. This can reduce difficulty in implementing touch typing on the touchscreen.