Method and apparatus for controlling timing of status change of electronics apparatus based on user's finger location and input speed
US8674946B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/04101
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus adjusts a timing of state change of an electronics apparatus having an input device by measuring user's input speed for the input device and a distance of user's finger from the input device. The method includes the steps of measuring a current interval CI between recent two input operations in a series of input operations conducted through the input device, calculating an average interval AI of the series of input operations, calculating a reference interval RI determined from the equation: RI=K×AI, where K denotes a proportional coefficient, determining whether a current interval CI is equal to or less than the reference interval, and suspending an occurrence of the second system state change until a first system state has been responded in case when the current interval CI is equal to or less than the reference interval RI.
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