Detecting and handling unintentional touching of a touch screen
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1. A computer program product for detecting and handling an unintentional touching of a touch screen, the computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- detecting an unintentional touching of a touch screen, wherein the touch screen is a component of a portable computing device that comprises an orientation sensor;
in response to detecting the unintentional touching of the touch screen, disabling a predetermined region of the touch screen, wherein said disabling prevents unintentional inputs to the touch screen;
receiving outputs from the orientation sensor indicating that the portable computing device is being handed from a first person to a second person, wherein the orientation sensor detects acceleration, yaw, pitch and roll movement indicative of the portable computing device being handed from the first person to the second person, and wherein the yaw is a rotating movement of the portable computing device indicating that the portable computing device is being turned around for the second person to see during a hand-off of the portable computing device from the first person to the second person; and
in response to detecting that the portable computing device is being handed from the first person to the second person based on received outputs from the orientation sensor, blocking all touch inputs to the touch screen while the portable computing device is being handed from the first person to the second person.
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Abstract
A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product detects and handles an unintentional touching of a touch screen in order to prevent unintentional inputs to the touch screen. An unintentional touching of touch screen, as determined by one or more predefined events, causes a predetermined region of the touch screen to be disabled.
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1. A computer program product for detecting and handling an unintentional touching of a touch screen, the computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
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detecting an unintentional touching of a touch screen, wherein the touch screen is a component of a portable computing device that comprises an orientation sensor; in response to detecting the unintentional touching of the touch screen, disabling a predetermined region of the touch screen, wherein said disabling prevents unintentional inputs to the touch screen; receiving outputs from the orientation sensor indicating that the portable computing device is being handed from a first person to a second person, wherein the orientation sensor detects acceleration, yaw, pitch and roll movement indicative of the portable computing device being handed from the first person to the second person, and wherein the yaw is a rotating movement of the portable computing device indicating that the portable computing device is being turned around for the second person to see during a hand-off of the portable computing device from the first person to the second person; and in response to detecting that the portable computing device is being handed from the first person to the second person based on received outputs from the orientation sensor, blocking all touch inputs to the touch screen while the portable computing device is being handed from the first person to the second person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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3. A computer system comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU), a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium; first program instructions to detect an unintentional touching of a touch screen, wherein the touch screen is a component of a portable computing device that comprises an orientation sensor; second program instructions to, in response to detecting the unintentional touching of the touch screen, disable a predetermined region of the touch screen, wherein said disabling prevents unintentional inputs to the touch screen; third program instructions to receive outputs from the orientation sensor indicating that the portable computing device is being handed from a first person to a second person, wherein the orientation sensor detects acceleration, yaw, pitch and roll movement indicative of the portable computing device being handed from the first person to the second person, and wherein the yaw is a rotating movement of the portable computing device indicating that the portable computing device is being turned around for the second person to see during a hand-off of the portable computing device from the first person to the second person; and fourth program instructions to, in response to detecting that the portable computing device is being handed from the first person to the second person based on received outputs from the orientation sensor, block all touch inputs to the touch screen while the portable computing device is being handed from the first person to the second person; and
whereinthe first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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