IP Library Granted Patent US 10,403,238
Granted Patent B2
US 10,403,238 · App. 14/294,646 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Presentation of representations of input with contours having a width based on the size of the input

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Patent No.
US 10,403,238
App. No.
14/294,646
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled display and present a representation of the input on the touch-enabled display. The representation is presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being correlated to the size of at least a portion of the input to the touch-enabled display.

Claims (41)

1. A device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a touch-enabled display accessible to the at least one processor; and

storage accessible to the at least one processor and bearing instructions executable by the at least one processor to:

receive first input to the touch-enabled display;

identify a first scale factor, wherein the first scale factor is identified based at least in part on a setting that, while configured, enables plural future identifications of scale factors based on the respective sizes of respective inputs received at the touch-enabled display, wherein the setting is configured based at least in part on second input received a single time at a graphical object presented on a first graphical user interface (GUI) such that based on the second input being received the single time the setting is configured for the device to subsequently perform the plural future identifications, the graphical object associated with using the respective sizes of the respective inputs to the touch-enabled display to identify scale factors; and

present a representation of the first input on the touch-enabled display, the representation being presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based on the first scale factor and the size of at least a portion of the first input to the touch-enabled display, wherein the representation is presented on the touch-enabled display via a second GUI different from the first GUI.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the width of the one or more contours of the representation is based on the first scale factor as well as the height and/or the width of the first input to the touch-enabled display.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the representation is presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being correlated to the size of a first portion of the first input to the touch-enabled display but not being correlated based on a second portion of the same first input to the touch-enabled display.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the width of one or more contours of the representation is also based on at least one pressure at which the first input was applied to the touch-enabled display.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein a touch-enabled pad is disposed on the device, the touch-enabled pad being different from the touch-enabled display, wherein the first scale factor is identified based at least in part on the first input being received at the touch-enabled display, and wherein a second scale factor is identified based at least in part on the first input being received at touch-enabled pad.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first scale factor is also identified based on identification of the first input as being received at the touch-enabled display based on contact with the touch-enabled display via one of a pen and a body part such that a second scale factor is identified based on identification of the first input as being received at the touch-enabled display based on contact with the other of a pen and a body part, the first scale factor being different from the second scale factor.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first GUI is a settings GUI that also indicates other settings related to presentation of representations of the respective inputs, the other settings also being configurable based on selection of other respective graphical objects presented on the first GUI.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first scale factor is identified based at least in part on identification of a first physical configuration of the device, and wherein the first physical configuration is established by conversion of the device from one of a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration to the other of the laptop configuration and the tablet configuration, the laptop configuration being different from the tablet configuration.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first physical configuration is the laptop configuration, and wherein the instructions are executable to:

identify the first scale factor based on identification of the device being in the laptop configuration;

identify a second scale factor different from the first scale factor based on identification of the device being in the tablet configuration; and

present the representation of the first input on the touch-enabled display, the representation being presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based on the first scale factor while the device is in the laptop configuration and with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based on the second scale factor while the device is in the tablet configuration.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving first input to a touch-enabled display accessible to a device;

identifying a first scale factor, wherein the first scale factor is identified based at least in part on a setting that, while configured, enables plural future identifications of scale factors based on the respective sizes of respective inputs received at the touch-enabled display, and wherein the setting is configured based at least in part on second input received a single time at a graphical object presented on a first graphical user interface (GUI) such that based on the second input being received the single time the setting is configured for the device to subsequently perform the plural future identifications, the graphical object associated with using the respective sizes of the respective inputs to the touch-enabled display to identify scale factors; and

presenting a representation of the first input on the touch-enabled display via a second GUI presented on the touch-enabled display, the second GUI being different from the first GUI, the representation being presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based at least partially on the first scale factor and the size of at least a portion of the first input to the touch-enabled display.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a touch-enabled pad is accessible to the device, the touch-enabled pad being different from the touch-enabled display, wherein the first scale factor is identified based at least in part on the first input being received at the touch-enabled display, and wherein a second scale factor is identified based at least in part on the first input being received at touch-enabled pad.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the setting is a first setting, wherein the graphical object is a first graphical object, and wherein the first GUI comprises a second graphical object that is selectable to configure a second setting for the device to present representations of the respective inputs with the width of one or more contours of respective representations being based on the height of the respective inputs, the first GUI also comprising a third graphical object that is selectable to configure a third setting for the device to present representations of the respective inputs with the width of one or more contours of the respective representations being based on the widths of the respective inputs.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first scale factor is identified based at least in part on identification of a first physical configuration of the device, and wherein the first physical configuration is established by conversion of the device from one of a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration to the other of the laptop configuration and the tablet configuration, the laptop configuration being different from the tablet configuration.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first physical configuration is the laptop configuration, and wherein the method comprises:

identifying the first scale factor based on identification of the device being in the laptop configuration;

identifying a second scale factor different from the first scale factor based on identification of the device being in the tablet configuration, and

presenting the representation of the first input on the touch-enabled display via the second GUI, the representation being presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based on the first scale factor while the device is in the laptop configuration and with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based on the second scale factor while the device is in the tablet configuration.

15. A computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the CRSM comprising instructions executable by at least one processor of a device to:

receive first input to a touch-enabled display accessible to the device;

identify a first scale factor, wherein the first scale factor is identified based at least in part on a setting that, while configured, enables plural future identifications of scale factors based on the respective sizes of respective inputs received at the touch-enabled display, and wherein the setting is configured based at least in part on second input received a single time at a graphical object presented on a first graphical user interface (GUI) such that based on the second input being received the single time the setting is configured for the device to subsequently perform the plural future identifications, the graphical object associated with using the respective sizes of the respective inputs to the touch-enabled display to identify scale; and

present a representation of the first input on the touch-enabled display via a second GUI presented on the touch-enabled display, the second GUI being different from the first GUI, the representation being presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based on the first scale factor.

16. The CRSM of claim 15 , wherein a touch-enabled pad is accessible to the at least one processor and is different from the touch-enabled display, wherein the first scale factor is identified based at least in part on the first input being received at the touch-enabled display, and wherein a second scale factor is identified based at least in part on the first input being received at touch-enabled pad.

17. The CRSM of claim 15 , wherein the setting is a first setting, wherein the graphical object is a first graphical object, and wherein the first GUI comprises a second graphical object that is selectable to configure a second setting for the device to present representations of the respective inputs with the width of one or more contours of respective representations being based on the height of the respective inputs, the first GUI also comprising a third graphical object that is selectable to configure a third setting for the device to present representations of the respective inputs with the width of one or more contours of the respective representations being based on the widths of the respective inputs.

18. The CRSM of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one processor to:

identify the first scale factor based at least in part on a first physical configuration of the device as established by conversion of the device from one of a laptop configuration and a tablet configuration to the other of the laptop configuration and the tablet configuration, the laptop configuration being different from the tablet configuration.

19. The CRSM of claim 18 , wherein the first physical configuration is the laptop configuration, and wherein the instructions are executable to:

identify the first scale factor based on the device being in the laptop configuration;

identify a second scale factor different from the first scale factor based on the device being in the tablet configuration; and

present the representation of the first input on the touch-enabled display via the second GUI, the representation being presented with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based on the first scale factor while the device is in the laptop configuration and with the width of one or more contours of the representation being based on the second scale factor while the device is in the tablet configuration.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2020
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LTD
Reel/Frame 052931/0633 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2014
From: ZHANG, JIANBANG; NICHOLSON, JOHN WELDON; KELSO, SCOTT EDWARDS; PERRIN, STEVEN RICHARD
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 033019/0090 →