US Patent Application 17840156. LOCATION ADJUSTMENT WITH NON-VISUAL LOCATION FEEDBACK simplified abstract

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LOCATION ADJUSTMENT WITH NON-VISUAL LOCATION FEEDBACK

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC


Inventor(s)

Melanie Jo Kneisel of Seattle WA (US)


Amos Miller of Redmond WA (US)


Frazier Robert Carr of West Bridgford (GB)


Steven Richard Abrams of Sonning Eye (GB)


LOCATION ADJUSTMENT WITH NON-VISUAL LOCATION FEEDBACK - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17840156 Titled 'LOCATION ADJUSTMENT WITH NON-VISUAL LOCATION FEEDBACK'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract discusses devices, systems, and methods for adjusting the location on a visual map program using non-visual feedback. The method involves initially selecting a location on the map, detecting an audio or tactile trigger from the user, and then adjusting the selected location based on the trigger. This adjusted location is then indicated to the user through audio or tactile feedback.


Original Abstract Submitted

Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for location adjustment with non-visual location feedback. A method can include providing, by a visual map program, an indication of an initial selected location of a user-selected location, detecting, by data provided by an input component, an audio or tactile trigger by a user, responsive to the detecting, altering, by a first distance and a first direction, the initial selected location to a new location on the visual map program, and responsive to the altering, causing an output component to provide an audio or tactile indication of the new location.