Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User interface selection through intercept points
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Application No.: US15343771Application Date: 2016-11-04
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Publication No.: US10248248B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: James E. Bostick , John M. Ganci, Jr. , Martin G. Keen , Sarbajit K. Rakshit
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Keohane & D'Alessandro PLLC
- Agent Jay Wahlquist; Madeline F. Schiesser
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/0488 ; G06F3/0484

Abstract:
Approaches presented herein provide for user interface selection through an intercept point defined by a touch sensitive bezel. More specifically, a touch sensitive bezel, in a device having a display at least partially surrounded by the touch sensitive bezel, senses a horizontal position and a vertical position on the display from two locations on the bezel touched by a user. An intersection on the display where the horizontal position and the vertical position cross is determined and can be marked on the display. A user may slide his/her fingers along the touch sensitive bezel to move the intersection around the display. A user may perform an additional action to confirm a selection of an item located at the intersection. The touch sensitive bezel can also be used to control interface selection on a display of a second device by mapping the horizontal and vertical positions to the second device display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180129334A1 USER INTERFACE SELECTION THROUGH INTERCEPT POINTS Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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