Salve! Ohh it is so obvious wich power multi-touch brings into text input systems :)))))
Remember the newton or Palmpilot regongnition sytems drawing a line like a alpha makes a small "a" -now use two finger nails/tips at the same time to draw this line and it could become a big "A". > Summary of multi-colour, multi-touch > - position of touch > - touch area > - touch intensitivity > - touch moving > - combination with other touch points > - and *new* colour of the touch > > have an incredible potential for input/interactivation Even without colour - the coulor was just a middle stepp for me... First let me say that I do not think that one text input system will be fit/the best for every Neo1973 user and also for every situation. Interaction like normal mobile 2=a 22=b 222=c will be a must have like a virtual querty/querz keyboard. This thread have some interesting other key input systems as well and I like David's demo > http://dave.hereticmonkey.com/musings/phone_keyboard.html but correct me if I would be wrong - this are only single touch concepts. - missing physicalicaly buttons would make using the keyboard bind - focusing on the text that I write or that I like to copy would become unpossible - adding a grid around the virtual keys could help focussing my finger on the right places - SMS input "2=a 22=b 222=c" morsing and other methods are anouing, because it has a sinificant time that you need for coding a key - not with one touch I have learnd grafitty quite fast an can still use it today. But what would be possible without hardware buttons, but with multi-touch? -now use two finger nails/tips at the same time to draw this line and it could become a big "A". This is a foretaste/handsel what new concepts would become possible with multi-touch :))) put your four longest finger together and place over the screen, parallel to one side, or 45° twisted: 00 0 00 0 0 0 Now the recognition (0=touch #=no touch) #0 0# 00 0# #0 00 00 0# #0 #0 00 00 0# 00 in both position would be possible for shure (2x7=14 different keys) Pattern like this 00 0# ## #0 0# #0 ## ## ## 0# 00 #0 ## ## 0# #0 (2x8=16) will be likly possible to recongince relative to the other position from this just 3 pattern will be definite 0 00 0 0 2x3=6 Than the 3 finger could be used: 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2x4=8 mabe also at higher or lower level ..... So at last this would make 24 pattern for shure or separtion of single fingers 0 0 00 or by using 5 fingers like 000 00 No let us use the same pattern with a little distances bettween our finger (narrow & wide) that makes 48 different pattern for shure (64 likly) with one multi-touch with 4 fingers *without* - movement of our finger on the screen - without special areas on the touchscreen Avery pattern can be moved into 8 direction (up,down,right,left,rightuppercorner...) and the movemend could be directly (in different lengh eg. 1/4,1/2,3/4,1) or with a cirle (e.g. 1/4,1/2,3/4,1) so that would make 64 different movemnts. Without combination or going back (up-down) would it be 48*64=3072 (or 4096) pattern. So again comparing with single touch a multi touch sensor would make it possible to use our fingers in relative position to each other and touch with (one or) more fingers simultanious to create special codes on this to use this with or without movement of the touch for -text/information input -dialing -commands (inside a program/window or system wide) -switching between the programs -input for music -other input With such a multi-touch coded imput e.g 0# c #0 d 00 e #0 0# #0 would it possible to input music without special areas on the screen. Turning it with 45° (positiv direction) it could raise the note with a have step up 0 # # 0 cis other direction it could be a have stepp down "ces" - hearable sliding sound when turning while touching - unhearable and with an accurate cis or ces by retouching. narrow,wide (or just more distance level) could encrease the input over 2 or more oktave Imagene to splite the display into 2 ore more major areas - this could become different instruments - the position could influence the sound level (key dynamic) or the sound itself So instead of a virual piano keyboard such multi-touch input could be used for blind playing as well - with 2 voices/instruments bass and saxophone - and other multi-touch commands could be used to manimulate the simulator - changing the instruments, the sound effects.... Even without learning playing with to hands such a multi-touch-input system would be fun, because it is dual use - you could use it for writing and making music. So I like to propose to use the power of multi touch for key/text/information input to be able to - Do it blind - Do it fast - Do it everywhere on the screen :) Can sombodey explain how much description/publication of an idea is necessary that this is "a priori" enough against patents of other people? To avoid such a patant: "Multi touch sensors allows to use multipe touch to code special input funktions e.g. charactes, menue selections, sounds, commands with special pattern, pressed with one or more finger/stick/pysical object at the same time or in sequence after each other - with or without special movement of the same pattern or from one to the other pattern with/without retouching the screen." How could we make this idea more clear, more powerfull? What new ideas could you add to use the power of multi touch to do thinks in a new, better way? Cheers, rob _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/community
