IP Library Granted Patent US 10,049,092
Granted Patent B2
US 10,049,092 · App. 15/010,598 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Text alterations based on body part(s) used to provide input

Inventors: Grigori Zaitsev (Durham, NC); Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Jianbang Zhang (Cary, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F17/24G06F3/0482G06F3/04886G06F17/2235
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Patent No.
US 10,049,092
App. No.
15/010,598
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a touch-enabled display accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to determine a number of body parts with which a user provides input to the device and to perform a text alteration based at least in part on the determination of the number of body parts.

Claims (35)

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:

determine a number of body parts with which a user provides input to the device, wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on receipt of user input that indicates a first text alteration to be performed, the first text alteration pertaining to changing text that is already presented on the touch-enabled display, the first text alteration not being only deletion of text; and

perform a second text alteration based at least in part on the determination of the number of body parts.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is at least one of: a number of hands, a number of fingers.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on a determination of distance between two keys of a keyboard presented on the touch-enabled display that are selected in succession.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on a time between selection of the two keys.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on a time between selection of two keys of a keyboard presented on the touch-enabled display.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the time is a first time, wherein the first time is compared to a threshold time, and wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on the comparison.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on identification of one or more of a size of the touch-enabled display and a size of a keyboard presented on the touch-enabled display.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on identification of a keyboard that is presented.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on a shape of an area of the touch-enabled display touched by the user in at least a first instance.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on a size of an area of the touch-enabled display touched by the user in at least a first instance.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on a determination that the touch-enabled display is currently presenting content in one of: a portrait orientation, a landscape orientation.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of body parts is determined based at least in part on user input indicating a number of body parts.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the user input indicating the number of body parts is received at a user interface (UI) presented on the touch-enabled display at which settings related to input of text are configurable.

14. A method, comprising:

determining one or more body parts with which a user touches a display, wherein the one or more body parts are determined based at least in part on receipt of user input that indicates a first text correction to be executed, the first text correction pertaining to changing text that is already presented on the display, the first text alteration not being only deletion of text; and

executing a second text correction based at least in part on the determination.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method comprises:

weighting plural possible text corrections based at least in part on the determination.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein one or more body parts are determined based at least in part on user input indicating a number of body parts.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more body parts are determined based at least in part on identification of the display as presenting content in one of: a portrait orientation, a landscape orientation.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

a first processor;

a network adapter; and

storage bearing instructions executable by a second processor for:

determining a typing style with which a user provides input to a touch-enabled display accessible to the second processor, wherein the typing style is determined based at least in part on user input that indicates a first text alteration that the second processor is to perform, the first text alteration pertaining to an alteration of text that is presented on the touch-enabled display, the first text alteration not being only deletion of text; and

performing a second text alteration based at least in part on the determination of the typing style;

wherein the first processor transfers the instructions to the second processor over a network via the network adapter.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the typing style is determined based at least in part on user input indicating the typing style.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are executable by the second processor for:

determining the typing style with which the user provides input to the touch-enabled display based at least in part on a determination that the touch-enabled display is currently presenting content in one of: a portrait orientation, a landscape orientation.

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 Jul 8, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049690/0658 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2016
From: ZAITSEV, GRIGORI; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; ZHANG, JIANBANG
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 038007/0473 →
Continuity (1)
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