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PROXIMITY SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD WITH ACTIVATION CONFIRMATION

  • US 20090051660A1
  • Filed: 08/20/2007
  • Published: 02/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A touch screen interface for an electronic device, the touch screen interface comprising:

  • a display screen;

    a sensor proximate to the display screen, the sensor adapted to sense object presence in a sensing region, wherein the sensing region overlaps at least part of the display screen; and

    a processor, the processor coupled to the sensor, the processor configured to;

    responsive to an identified presence of a first object in the sensing region, identify a selected function that corresponds to a location of the first object in the sensing region; and

    responsive to an identified presence of a second object in the sensing region within a specified temporal period that overlaps with the identified presence of the first object in the sensing region, confirm the selected function.

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