Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keyboard based graphical user interface navigation
- Patent Title (中): 基于键盘的图形用户界面导航
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Application No.: US12344605Application Date: 2008-12-29
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Publication No.: US08527894B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Rebecca Hughes , James Martineau , Michael S. McCowan
- Applicant: Rebecca Hughes , James Martineau , Michael S. McCowan
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048 ; G06F3/02

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method of navigating a GUI can include, responsive to a user input initiating a navigation mode, overlaying, atop of the GUI located within a first layer, a virtual keyboard within a second layer, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of virtual keys. The method can include, for each virtual key, associating the virtual key with a region of the first layer including an area of the GUI beneath the virtual key. The method can include mapping each virtual key with a physical key of a physical keyboard communicatively linked with a computer rendering the GUI and, responsive to a user input selecting a physical key of the physical keyboard, selecting a region corresponding to the selected physical key. A level of magnification for the selected region can be increased within the first layer while keeping the virtual keyboard sizing constant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100169818A1 KEYBOARD BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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