Systems, methods, and applications for dynamic input mode selection based on whether an identified operating-system includes an application system program interface associated with input mode

• Main Authors: Browning, David W, Palanisamy, Kandasubramaniam K, Edwards, James W, Pett, Thomas J, Loi, Daria A, Wikander, Jered H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.07.2019
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS; SEALS

The present application is directed to dynamic input mode selection. In general, a system may sense a user's finger approaching a surface of a display (e.g., an imminent user touch input) and, depending on at least one trigger condition, may perform at least one output operation. For example, a first trigger condition may cause a display to enlarge at least a portion of a displayed image based on the imminent user touch input, a second trigger condition may cause the display to present a menu corresponding to an object in the enlarged portion, etc. This functionality may be implemented utilizing either an operating system (OS)-aware configuration or an OS-unaware configuration. In an OS-aware configuration, an intent-to-touch (ITT) module may utilize application program interfaces (APIs) in the OS to facilitate display zooming, menu presentation, coordinate translation, etc. In an OS-unaware configuration, the ITT module may facilitate these actions without OS assistance.