Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Navigation of electronic device menu without requiring visual contact
- Patent Title (中): 电子设备菜单导航,无需视觉接触
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Application No.: US12909676Application Date: 2010-10-21
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Publication No.: US08677238B2Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: Charles Nicholson
- Applicant: Charles Nicholson
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Martine Penilla Group, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06F3/16 ; G06F3/033

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer programs for controlling a device without requiring visual contact are presented. One method includes an operation for identifying available options for a user according to a state of a program executing on a device, where the available options correspond to possible menu items. Further, the method provides an audible output of the available options and the detection of a touch-based input, where the input is received at the device without providing an identifiable visual cue to the user. Further yet, the method includes operations for determining the selected option from the available options based on the timing of the input relative to the audible output, and for performing the selected option by the computer program. In another method, the options are presented to the user via different vibration patterns or via vibrations of a second device connected to the device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120102399A1 Navigation of Electronic Device Menu Without Requiring Visual Contact Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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