Method and Apparatus for Enhancing User Interface in a Device with Touch Screen

摘要

The present invention provides method and apparatus for providing an enhanced user interface at devices equipped with touch screens. The present invention enables users to more easily and accurately select an object among multiple selectable objects competing within limited screen space by enlarging the desired object as user's finger or a stylus pen approaches the object before physically touching it on the touch screen.

主权项

1. A method performed by a device to provide a user interface, the method comprising the steps of:
enlarging an object on a touch screen, in response to detecting the presence of a user's means of touch input within a predetermined proximity to the object displayed on the touch screen with the user's means of touch input not physically touching the touch screen; and executing one or more predetermined commands associated with the object, in response to a touch input touching the enlarged object on the touch screen.