发明名称 Method and apparatus for facilitating use of touchscreen devices
摘要 Exemplary embodiments are described wherein an auxiliary sensor attachable to a touchscreen computing device provides an additional form of user input. When used in conjunction with an accessibility process in the touchscreen computing device, wherein the accessibility process generates audible descriptions of user interface features shown on a display of the device, actuation of the auxiliary sensor by a user affects the manner in which concurrent touchscreen input is processed and audible descriptions are presented.
申请公布号 US9507561(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.11.29
申请号 US201313838603 申请日期 2013.03.15
申请人 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 发明人 Mckiel, Jr. Frank A.
分类号 G06F3/16;G06F3/0488;G06F1/16 主分类号 G06F3/16
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A method comprising: from at least one auxiliary sensor device that is attached to a computing device as a removable outer housing surrounding a touchscreen of the computing device, receiving at the computing device a communication indicating an actuation state of the auxiliary sensor device; obtaining descriptive information for a graphical user interface element displayed under the touchscreen; responsive to a touch gesture received at the touchscreen included with the computing device, producing a first audio signal, based on the descriptive information, from the computing device if the actuation state of the auxiliary sensor device corresponds to a first state; and responsive to the touch gesture, producing a second audio signal, based on the descriptive information, from the computing device, different from the first audio signal, if the actuation state of the auxiliary sensor device corresponds to a second state different from the first state, wherein the first and second audio signals each include speech utterances, and the first and second audio signals are different from one another based at least on the first and second audio signals including different speech utterances, wherein the first audio signal includes first speech utterances that describe a function of the graphical user element, and the second audio signal includes second speech utterances that describe the function of the graphical user element, the second speech utterances providing a more detailed description of the function of the graphical user interface than the first speech utterances.
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