Filtering of Inadvertent Contact with Touch Pad Input Device
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method executing on an information handling system comprising:
- defining a filter area within a surface of a touch pad input device accessible from the information handling system;
receiving an input stream from the touch pad input device resulting from the a user contacting the surface of the touch pad, wherein the input stream includes an origination point where contact was initially made by the user;
filtering out the input stream in response to the origination point being within the defined filter area; and
processing the input stream in response to the origination point being outside the defined filter area.
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Abstract
An approach is provided that filters out inadvertent contact with a touch pad input device. A filter area is defined within a surface of a touch pad input device that is accessible from an information handling system, such as a computer system. When a user of the information handling system contacts the surface of the touch pad, an input stream is received. The input stream includes an origination point where contact was initially made by the user. If the origination point is within the defined filter area, then the input stream is filtered out (not processed). On the other hand, if the origination point is outside of the defined filter area, then the input stream is processed by the information handling system.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method executing on an information handling system comprising:
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defining a filter area within a surface of a touch pad input device accessible from the information handling system; receiving an input stream from the touch pad input device resulting from the a user contacting the surface of the touch pad, wherein the input stream includes an origination point where contact was initially made by the user; filtering out the input stream in response to the origination point being within the defined filter area; and processing the input stream in response to the origination point being outside the defined filter area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory coupled to at least one of the processors; a nonvolatile storage area coupled to at least one of the processors; a touch pad input device accessible to at least one of the processors, the touch pad receiving user input at a surface of the touch pad; and a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of; defining a filter area within the surface of the touch pad input device; receiving an input stream from the touch pad input device resulting from the a user contacting the surface of the touch pad, wherein the input stream includes an origination point where contact was initially made by the user; filtering out the input stream in response to the origination point being within the defined filter area; and processing the input stream in response to the origination point being outside the defined filter area. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions comprising:
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defining a filter area within a surface of a touch pad input device accessible from the information handling system; receiving an input stream from the touch pad input device resulting from the a user contacting the surface of the touch pad, wherein the input stream includes an origination point where contact was initially made by the user; filtering out the input stream in response to the origination point being within the defined filter area; and processing the input stream in response to the origination point being outside the defined filter area. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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