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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Montreal, CA;
Ali Modarres, Montreal, CA;
IMMERSON CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and devices for displaying graphical user interface configurations based detected user contact are disclosed. One disclosed method comprises displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) according to a first GUI configuration on a display of a handheld device, receiving a sensor signal from a sensor, the sensor coupled to the handheld device, the sensor signal indicating a contact with the handheld device, determining a grasping contact based at least in part on the sensor signal, determining a second GUI configuration based at least in part on the grasping contact, and displaying the GUI on the display according to the second GUI configuration.