Dynamic bezel for a mobile device

• US 8,674,959 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Issued: 03/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Corrion, Bradley
• Primary Examiner(s): Sasinowski, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US12/824,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20110316807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,359 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-184
• US Class Current: 345/174
• 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 by a processor enable a system to:

detect a touch of a human hand on a display of a mobile computing device;

detect a touch of a human hand on a physical bezel of the mobile computing device;

generate a non-interactive area on the display based at least on a location of the touch of the human hand on the display and on the physical bezel; and

adjust an interactive area on the display to accommodate the non-interactive area, the non-interactive area comprising a rectangular virtual bezel arranged to extend from an edge of the display to point defined by the detected touch on the display, the entire rectangular virtual bezel comprising a non-interactive area.

2. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to determine a lack of motion of the human hand on the interactive area of the user interface display.

3. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to determine coordinates for a location of the human hand on the interactive area of the user interface display.

4. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to detect one or more of a capacitive touch and a resistive touch.

5. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:

detect that the touch of the human hand is no longer on the non-interactive area of the user interface display; and

remove the non-interactive area.

6. The article of claim 5, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to extend the interactive area of the user interface display to an edge of a screen on the device.

7. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:

detect a second touch of a second human hand on the interactive area of the user interface display of the mobile device; and

display a second non-interactive area on the user interface display in at least a second location of the second touch.

8. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to display the interactive area of the user interface display in a first color and the non-interactive area in a second color.

9. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to determine that the human hand is in the location for at least a predetermined period of time.

10. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a display;

a user interface module operative to render one or more user interface elements on the display;

a sensor to detect a touch of a human hand on the display; and

a sensor to detect a touch of a human hand on a physical bezel of the mobile computing device;

the user interface module operative to render a non-interactive area on a portion of the display in an area of at least a portion of the detected touch on the display and on the bezel and to adjust an interactive area on the display to accommodate the non-interactive area, the non-interactive area comprising a rectangular virtual bezel arranged to extend from an edge of the display to point defined by the detected touch on the display, the entire rectangular virtual bezel comprising a non-interactive area.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 10, the user interface module operative to render an interactive area on a portion of the display where no touch is detected, the interactive area comprising a first color and the non-interactive are a comprising a second color.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 10, the sensor operative to detect coordinates for a location of the human hand.

13. A computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting a location of a touch of a human hand on an interactive area of a user interface rendered on a display of a mobile computing device;

detecting a touch of a human hand on a physical bezel of the mobile computing device;

generating a non-interactive area in an area of at least a portion of the detected touch on the display and the detected touch on the physical bezel, the non-interactive area comprising a rectangular virtual bezel arranged to extend from an edge of the display to point defined by the detected touch on the display, the entire rectangular virtual bezel comprising a non-interactive area;

and reducing the interactive area of the user interface display based on the location to accommodate the non-interactive area.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, comprising:

determining that the human hand is in the location for at least a predetermined period of time.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, comprising:

detecting one or more of a capacitive touch and a resistive touch.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, comprising:

detecting that the human hand is not on the user interface display; and

extending the interactive area of the user interface display to substantially cover a display area of the mobile computing device.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, the virtual bezel comprising a different color than the interactive area.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, comprising:

detecting a second location of a second touch of a human hand on the interactive area of the user interface display of the mobile computing device; and

reducing the interactive area of the user interface display based on the second location.