DYNAMIC BEZEL FOR A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20150145797A1
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Corrion, Bradley
• Application Number:
  US14/612,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20150145797A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers

Abstract

An article, device and method may detect a touch of a human hand on an interactive area of a user interface display of a mobile device. A non-interactive area may be displayed on the user interface display in at least a location of the touch of the human hand.

Claims

1. An article comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing a plurality of instructions that when executed enable a system to:

render a user interface for a display of an electronic device;

detect a touch near an edge of an interactive area of the user interface rendered on the display of the electronic device; and

identify that the touch near the edge is not an intentional interaction with the display.

2. The article of claim 1, wherein the touch is a result of a user holding the electronic device.

3. The article of claim 1, wherein the touch is a hand resting on the electronic device.

4. The article of claim 1, wherein the touch is a touch of a hand, a thumb, one or more fingers, or some combination thereof.

5. The article of claim 1, wherein the touch is a touch of a hand.

6. The article of claim 5, wherein the touch of the hand is a touch of a thumb or a touch of one or more fingers.

7. The article of claim 1, the instructions including instructions that, when executed, in response to the identifying, prevent the user interface from responding to the touch as an intentional interaction with the display.

8. The article of claim 1, the instructions including instructions that, when executed, generate a non-interactive area in at least a portion of the interactive area based on a location of the detected touch on the display.

9. The article of claim 8, the instructions including instructions that, when executed, reduce a size of the interactive area to generate the non-interactive area.

10. The article of claim 8 the instructions including instructions that, when executed, determine a size for the non-interactive area based on the location of the detected touch.

11. The article of claim 8, the instructions including instructions that, when executed, determine the touch remained in the location for a period of time.

12. The article of claim 8, the instructions including instructions that, when executed, detect that the touch of the human hand is no longer on the non-interactive area of the user interface, and remove the non-interactive area.

13. The article of claim 12, the instructions including instructions that, when executed, extend the interactive area of the user interface to an edge of a screen for the display on the electronic device.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory; and

a user interface module that when executed by the processor renders a user interface for a display of an electronic device, detects a touch near an edge of an interactive area of the user interface rendered on the display of the electronic device, and identifies that the touch near the edge is not an intentional interaction with the display.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the touch is a result of a user holding the electronic device.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the touch is a hand resting on the electronic device.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the touch is a touch of a hand, a thumb, one or more fingers, or some combination thereof.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user interface module, when executed by the processor, in response to the identifying, prevents the user interface from responding to the touch as an intentional interaction with the display.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user interface module, when executed by the processor, generates a non-interactive area in at least a portion of the interactive area based on a location of the detected touch on the display.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the user interface module, when executed by the processor, reduces a size of the interactive area to generate the non-interactive area.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the user interface module, when executed by the processor, determines a size for the non-interactive area based on the location of the touch.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the user interface module, when executed by the processor, determines the touch remained in the location for a period of time.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the user interface module, when executed by the processor, detects that the touch of the human hand is no longer on the non-interactive area of the user interface, and removes the non-interactive area.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the user interface module, when executed by the processor, extends the interactive area of the user interface to an edge of a screen for the display on the electronic device.

25. The apparatus of claim 14, comprising a sensor coupled to the processor, the sensor to detect the location of the touch of the human hand on the interactive area of the user interface.

26. The apparatus of claim 14, comprising a display coupled to the processor, the display to detect a capacitive touch or a resistive touch.

27. A computer-implemented method comprising:

rendering a user interface for a display of an electronic device;

detecting a touch near an edge of an interactive area of the user interface rendered on the display of the electronic device;

identifying that the touch near the edge is not an intentional interaction with the display.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, wherein the touch is a result of a user holding the electronic device.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, wherein the touch is a hand resting on the electronic device.

30. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, wherein the touch is a touch of a hand, a thumb, one or more fingers, or some combination thereof.

31. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, comprising preventing the user interface from responding to the touch as an intentional interaction with the display.

32. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, comprising generating a non-interactive area in at least a portion of the interactive area based on a location of the detected touch on the display.

33. The computer-implemented method of claim 32, comprising reducing a size of the interactive area to generate the non-interactive area.

34. The computer-implemented method of claim 32, comprising determining a size for the non-interactive area based on the location of the touch.

35. The computer-implemented method of claim 32, comprising determining the touch remained in the location for a period of time.

36. The computer-implemented method of claim 32, comprising:

detecting that the touch is no longer on the non-interactive area of the user interface; and

removing the non-interactive area.

37. The computer-implemented method of claim 36, comprising extending the interactive area of the user interface to an edge of a screen for the display on the electronic device.