User interface for a touch screen

Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device that includes a touch sensitive and pressure sensitive display, cause the processor to enable a user interface of the electronic device, by which a glide gesture along the display and an amount of pressure applied to the display both generate the same user interface command.

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         17 . A touch screen, comprising:
 a housing;   a display mounted in said housing;   a touch sensor, mounted in said housing and connected to said display, dynamically sensing a current location of an object that is touching said display;   a pressure sensor, mounted in said housing and connected to said display, dynamically sensing a current relative pressure being applied by the object to said display; and   a processor, mounted in said housing and connected to said touch and pressure sensors and to said display, continuously activating a graphical user interface command in response to a gesture detected by said touch sensor, and gradually halting the command in response to an increase in applied pressure detected by said pressure sensor.   
     
     
         18 . The touch screen of  claim 17 , wherein the gesture comprises the object moving across said display. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device comprising a touch sensitive and pressure sensitive display, causes the display (i) to present a graphical user interface (GUI) that is responsive to a plurality of GUI commands, (ii) to continuously activate a GUI command in response to a touch gesture detected by the display, and (iii) to gradually halt the GUI command in response to an increase in applied pressure detected by the display. 
     
     
         20 . The computer readable medium of  claim 19  wherein the touch gesture comprises an object moving across the display.