Touch-screen device and method for detecting and ignoring false touch inputs near an edge of the touch-screen device
US9898122B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/04808
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A touch-screen device and method for operating a touch-screen device are provided herein. The touch device comprises sensors around the edge and/or on the back of the device that will determine where a user is holding the device. Based on this information certain areas of the touch screen will be ignored or inactivated. This allows the device to selectively ignore the touch of the thumb and or palm.
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