US 12,474,829 B2
One-handed operation of a device user interface
Fredrik Dahlgren, Lund (SE); Alexander Hunt, Tygelsjö (SE); and Andreas Kristensson, Södra Sandby (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/562,307
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed May 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/064296
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/248056, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0241635 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0488 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a user interface of a device, wherein the user interface comprises a hover and touch sensitive display device, the method comprising:
receiving user information from the hover and touch sensitive display device, wherein the user information corresponds to one or more interactions of a first object with the hover and touch sensitive display device;
detecting that the received information corresponds to a hover control gesture, wherein the hover control gesture comprises a swipe gesture followed by hover information; and
in response to said detecting, operating the device in a hover control mode that comprises using continuously supplied hover information to control placement of a cursor display on the hover and touch sensitive display device while the first object remains above the surface of, and not in contact with, the hover and touch sensitive display device,
wherein using the continuously supplied hover information to control placement of the cursor display on the hover and touch sensitive display device comprises:
moving the cursor display in one of two directions along a line of movement in correspondence with a trajectory of the detected swipe gesture, wherein a placement of the cursor display along the line of movement is proportional to a detected height of the first object from the hover and touch sensitive display device.