IP Library Granted Patent US 11,461,000
Granted Patent B2
US 11,461,000 · App. 16/707,466 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

User interface adjustment methods and systems

Inventor: Tony Ke (New York, NY)
Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,461,000
App. No.
16/707,466
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more systems and/or methods for adjusting a user interface based upon an orientation of an input object are provided. An input provided by an input object (e.g., a hand of the user) may be received through a display of a device (e.g., a touchscreen display of a smartphone). The input may comprises gesture data corresponding to a gesture performed relative to the display. The input may be evaluated to determine an orientation, such as a hand orientation, of the input object. In an example, curvature associated with the gesture may be evaluated to determine the orientation of the input object. A user interface displayed by the device may be adjusted based upon the orientation of the input object. In an example, a location, a size, an appearance, an output, and/or a functionality of a user interface element displayed within the user interface may be adjusted.

Claims (39)

1. A method for adjusting a user interface based upon an orientation of an input object associated with a user, comprising:

projecting a virtual representation of a user onto a motion sensing display of a device;

receiving, via a motion sensing input device, an input, provided by an input object associated with the user, for a user interface of the device;

displaying a user interface element at a first location in the user interface of the device;

controlling the virtual representation of the user, on the motion sensing display, based upon the input, wherein the virtual representation of the user comprises a representation of the input object;

evaluating the input to determine an orientation of the input object; and

adjusting a location of the user interface element in the user interface of the device, from the first location to a second location, based upon the orientation of the input object, wherein a first distance between the representation of the input object and the first location is greater than a second distance between the representation of the input object and the second location.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion sensing input device comprises:

a line-of-motion input sensor.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input comprises gesture data corresponding to a gesture performed by the user relative to the motion sensing display.

4. The method of claim 3 , the gesture comprising:

a push gesture.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

evaluating the input to determine a primary accessibility area of the user interface.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

evaluating a location of the user relative to the motion sensing display to determine a primary accessibility area of the user interface.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

evaluating a proportion of the user to determine a primary accessibility area of the user interface.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the location of the user interface element, from the first location to the second location, is based upon a length of the input object.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the location of the user interface element, from the first location to the second location, is based upon a primary accessibility area associated with the user.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the location of the user interface element, from the first location to the second location, is based upon an arm orientation preference associated with the user.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause performance of operations comprising:

projecting a virtual representation of a user onto a motion sensing display of a device;

receiving, via a motion sensing input device, an input, provided by an input object associated with the user, for a user interface of the device;

displaying a user interface element at a first location in the user interface of the device;

controlling the virtual representation of the user, on the motion sensing display, based upon the input, wherein the virtual representation of the user comprises a representation of the input object;

evaluating the input to determine an orientation of the input object; and

adjusting a location of the user interface element in the user interface of the device, from the first location to a second location, based upon the orientation of the input object, wherein a first distance between the representation of the input object and the first location is greater than a second distance between the representation of the input object and the second location.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the motion sensing input device comprises:

a line-of-motion input sensor.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the input comprises gesture data corresponding to a gesture performed by the user relative to the motion sensing display.

14. The system of claim 13 , the gesture comprising:

a push gesture.

15. The system of claim 11 , the operations comprising:

evaluating the input to determine a primary accessibility area of the user interface.

16. The system of claim 11 , the operations comprising:

evaluating a location of the user relative to the motion sensing display to determine a primary accessibility area of the user interface.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: KE, TONY
To: YAHOO! INC.
Reel/Frame 060797/0214 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
To: OATH INC.
Reel/Frame 061162/0091 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: YAHOO! INC.
To: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 061249/0021 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Reel/Frame 057453/0431 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: OATH INC.
To: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
Reel/Frame 054258/0635 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14749799 · Jun 25, 2015
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