Touchscreen device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10795569-B2
Application number	US-201916276727-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2019
Priority date	Feb 21, 2017
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

A method is provided which includes displaying an output of an application on a touchscreen, receiving a user input for the application on the touchscreen, and determining the location of the received user input on the touchscreen. Further, the method includes generating an additional pop-up window for display on the touchscreen, and selecting a location for the additional pop-up window, where the selected location for the additional pop-up window does not coincide with the determined location of the user input for application. Further, the method includes displaying the additional pop-up window at the selected location for the additional pop-up window.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
displaying an output of an application on a touchscreen;
receiving a user input for the application on the touchscreen;
determining the location of the received user input on the touchscreen;
based at least in part on determining the location of received user input on the touchscreen, generating a heat map for the touchscreen, the heat map recording the locations of the received user inputs on the touchscreen as values;
generating an additional pop-up window for display on the touchscreen;
selecting a location for the additional pop-up window, the selected location for the additional pop-up window being selected as a location where one or more values of the heat map are below a determined threshold; and
displaying the additional pop-up window at the selected location for the additional pop-up window.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the location for the additional pop-up window further comprises accessing a default location for the additional pop-up window, comparing the default location for the pop-up window to the determined location of the user input for the application and changing the default location for the additional pop-up window should the default location coincide with the determined location of the user input for application.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the location for the additional pop-up window comprises creating a location for the additional pop-up window such that the created location does not coincide with the determined location of the user input for application.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the values within the heat map decay over time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the heat map includes generating the heat map using a function that determines how values populate to adjacent locations within the heatmap.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein one or more parameters of the function are adjustable by the user.

7. A device comprising:
a touchscreen;
a memory; and
a processor in communications with the memory; wherein the device performs a method comprising:
displaying an output of an application on the touchscreen;
receiving a user input for the application on the touchscreen;
based at least in part on determining the location of received user input on the touchscreen, generating a heat map for the touchscreen, the heat map recording the locations of the received user inputs on the touchscreen as values;
generating an additional pop-up window for display on the touchscreen;
selecting a location for the additional pop-up window, the selected location for the additional pop-up window being selected as a location where one or more values of the heat map are below a determined threshold; and
displaying the additional pop-up window at the selected location for the additional pop-up window.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the selecting of the location for the additional pop-up window further comprises accessing a default location for the additional pop-up window, comparing the default location for the pop-up window to the determined location of the user input for the application and changing the default location for the additional pop-up window should the default location coincide with the determined location of the user input for application.

9. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the selecting of the location for the additional pop-up window comprises creating a location for the additional pop-up window such that the created location does not coincide with the determined location of the user input for application.

10. The device of claim 7 , wherein the values within the heat map decay over time.

11. The device of claim 7 , wherein generating the heat map includes generating the heat map using a function that determines how values populate to adjacent locations within the heatmap.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein one or more parameters of the function are adjustable by the user.

13. A computer program product for controlling a device, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
display an output of an application on a touchscreen;
receive a user input for the application on the touchscreen;
based at least in part on determining the location of received user input on the touchscreen, generate a heat map for the touchscreen, the heat map recording the locations of the received user inputs on the touchscreen as values;
determine the location of the received user input on the touchscreen;
generate an additional pop-up window for display on the touchscreen;
select a location for the additional pop-up window, the selected location for the additional pop-up window being selected as a location where one or more values of the heat map are below a determined threshold; and
display the additional pop-up window at the selected location for the additional pop-up window.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the selecting of the location for the additional pop-up window further comprises accessing a default location for the additional pop-up window, comparing the default location for the pop-up window to the determined location of the user input for the application and changing the default location for the additional pop-up window should the default location coincide with the determined location of the user input for application.

15. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the selecting of the location for the additional pop-up window comprises creating a location for the additional pop-up window such that the created location does not coincide with the determined location of the user input for application.

16. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the values within the heat map decay over time.

17. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein generating the heat map includes generating the heat map using a function that determines how values populate to adjacent locations within the heat map.

18. The computer program product according to claim 17 , wherein one or more parameters of the function are adjustable by the user.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Green Sophie D
• Jansen Grace
• Pavitt Joe
• Protonotarios Antony
• Russell James
• Vlissidis Alexandros E

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title