Method of receiving user input by detecting movement of user and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10095384-B2
Application number	US-201514980573-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2015
Priority date	Dec 24, 2014
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

A device including a display such as a touch screen is provided. The device includes a communication unit configured to obtain movement information of a user, a display unit configured to move a cursor displayed on the display or touch screen in accordance with the movement information of the user, and a controller configured to determine coordinates where the cursor and/or moved cursor is located as dwell start coordinates and determine the dwell start coordinates as touch coordinates when the cursor is located within a reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during an entire reference time starting from a point in time when the cursor is moved to the dwell start coordinates.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for receiving a user input, the device comprising:
a display configured to display a cursor in accordance with movement information of a user device; and
at least one processor configured to:
determine first touch coordinates and generate a first touch event at the first touch coordinates,
in response to the user device being moved by a user, obtain the movement information of the user device, change the first touch coordinates based on the movement information of the user device, and control the display to display the cursor based on the changed first touch coordinates,
in response to the cursor moving beyond a reference distance from the first touch coordinates, determine coordinates to where the cursor is moved as dwell start coordinates, and
in response to the cursor being located within the reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during an entire reference time starting from a point in time when the cursor is moved to the dwell start coordinates, determine the dwell start coordinates as second touch coordinates and generate a second touch event at the second touch coordinates.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate the second touch event at the second touch coordinates when the dwell start coordinates are determined as the second touch coordinates.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to re-determine coordinates of the cursor as the dwell start coordinates when the cursor is moved beyond the reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during the reference time.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to display the cursor as the movement information of the user device is obtained.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to display an object indicating an elapsed portion of the reference time.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to display a menu for selecting one of items in a predetermined region when the cursor is located in the predetermined region of the display.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to set the reference distance based on the obtained movement information of the user device.

8. The device of claim 7 ,
wherein the display is further configured to display a figure having a predetermined size, and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to set the reference distance based on whether the cursor is located within the figure during the entire reference time.

9. The device of claim 2 ,
wherein the display comprises a non-active area, and
wherein a touch event is not generated if the second touch coordinates are included in the non-active area.

10. The device of claim 1 ,
wherein the movement information of the user device is obtained from a movement of a movement sensor, and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit information regarding the movement of the movement member to a neighboring device.

11. A method of receiving a user input, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a device comprising a display, movement information of a user device;
displaying a cursor on the display in accordance with the movement information of the user device;
determining first touch coordinates and generate a first touch event at the first touch coordinates;
in response to the user device being moved by a user, obtaining the movement information of the user device, changing the first touch coordinates based on the movement information of the user device, and displaying the cursor based on the changed first touch coordinates;
in response to the cursor moving beyond a reference distance from the first touch coordinates, determining coordinates to where the cursor is moved as dwell start coordinates; and
in response to the cursor being located within the reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during an entire reference time starting from a point in time when the cursor is moved to the dwell start coordinates, determining the dwell start coordinates as second touch coordinates and generating a second touch event at the second touch coordinates.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises generating the second touch event at the second touch coordinates when the dwell start coordinates are determined as the second touch coordinates.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises re-determining, as the dwell start coordinates, coordinates of the cursor that are beyond the reference distance from the dwell start coordinates if the cursor is moved beyond the reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during the reference time.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises displaying the cursor on the display as the movement information of the user device is obtained.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises displaying an object on the display indicating an elapsed portion of the reference time.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises displaying a menu for selecting one of items in a predetermined region when the cursor is located on the predetermined region on the display.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises setting the reference distance based on the obtained movement information of the user device.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the setting of the reference distance based on the movement information of the user device comprises:
displaying a figure having a predetermined size on the display; and
setting the reference distance based on whether the cursor is located within the figure during the entire reference time.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the display comprises a non-active area wherein a touch event is not generated if the second touch coordinates are included in the non-active area.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
obtaining the movement information of the user device from a movement of a movement sensor; and
transmitting information regarding the movement of the movement member to a neighboring device.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Dong-Uk
• Ahn Hyun-Jin
• Kim Ki-Beom
• Ma Ji-Yeon
• Yoon Jae-Seok
• Jung Geul-Ji
• Choi Hyeon-Bin

Classifications

• G06F3/012

  Head tracking input arrangements · CPC title

• G06F3/03549

  Trackballs (G06F3/03541 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/013

  Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence) · CPC title