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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jason David Makuch, Seattle, WA (US);

Pavan Kumar Surishetty, Seattle, WA (US);

Joshua Wascom, Seattle, WA (US);

Vinod Murli Mamtani, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jean-Yves Pip Courbois, Seattle, WA (US);

Gerard Joseph Heinz, II, Seattle, WA (US);

Kimberly Nicole Hunter, Seattle, WA (US);

Grant Travis Patrick Wilson, Woodinville, WA (US);

Matthew Louis Vahlsing, Seattle, WA (US);

Brian Robbins, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); A63F 13/426 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/426 (2014.09); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various techniques may be employed for assigning user inputs such as a touch on a touchscreen to various input controls such as buttons or other features provided on a touchscreen. One example input assignment technique is a nearest neighbor technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control that is positioned closest to the touch location. Another example input assignment technique is an angle and distance technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control based on an angle and a distance of the touch relative to a prior touch.


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