Portable electronic device with content-dependent touch sensitivity
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1. A method, comprising:
- at a portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display;
displaying a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display, wherein a respective icon in the plurality of icons is assigned a respective charge, including a respective magnitude, in an electrostatic model in software;
detecting a contact region when a user makes contact with the touch-sensitive display;
determining that the contact region corresponds to one of the plurality of icons in accordance with the software-based electrostatic model; and
activating a function corresponding to the one of the plurality of icons.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device, having a touch-sensitive display, displays a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display. A contact region when a user makes contact with the touch-sensitive display is detected. Whether the contact region corresponds to one of the plurality of icons is determined in accordance with an electrostatic model.
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24 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
at a portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display; displaying a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display, wherein a respective icon in the plurality of icons is assigned a respective charge, including a respective magnitude, in an electrostatic model in software; detecting a contact region when a user makes contact with the touch-sensitive display; determining that the contact region corresponds to one of the plurality of icons in accordance with the software-based electrostatic model; and activating a function corresponding to the one of the plurality of icons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including; instructions for displaying a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display, wherein a respective icon in the plurality of icons is assigned a respective charge, including a respective magnitude, in an electrostatic model in software; instructions for detecting a contact region when a user makes contact with the touch-sensitive display; instructions for determining that the contact region corresponds to one of the plurality of icons in accordance with the software-based electrostatic model; and instructions for activating a function corresponding to the one of the plurality of icons. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the device to:
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display a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display means, wherein a respective icon in the plurality of icons is assigned a respective charge, including a respective magnitude, in an electrostatic model in software; detect a contact region when a user makes contact with the touch-sensitive display means; determine that the contact region corresponds to one of the plurality of icons in accordance with the software-based electrostatic model; and activate a function corresponding to the one of the plurality of icons. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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