Skinnable touch device grip patterns

摘要

Skinnable touch device grip pattern techniques are described herein. A touch-aware skin may be configured to substantially cover the outer surfaces of a computing device. The touch-aware skin may include a plurality of skin sensors configured to detect interaction with the skin at defined locations. The computing device may include one or more modules operable to obtain input from the plurality of skin sensors and decode the input to determine grips patterns that indicate how the computing device is being held by a user. Various functionality provided by the computing device may be selectively enabled and/or adapted based on a determined grip pattern such that the provided functionality may change to match the grip pattern.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
obtaining input associated with a plurality of skin sensors of a touch-aware skin for a computing device, the plurality of skin sensors disposed across available outer surfaces of a housing for the computing device to form a continuous grid; detecting a combination of a grip pattern and a device placement based upon the input; ascertaining a context for the computing device associated with the combination of the grip pattern and the device placement as detected, the device placement corresponding at least in part to contact between the computing device and an object; selectively activating and deactivating grip sensing and touch input of the skin sensors associated with different outer surfaces according to the ascertained context; and selectively customizing interaction with the computing device according to the ascertained context.