Dynamic bezel for a mobile device

• US 9,122,335 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• 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:
  US14/218,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20140340331A1
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-178
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 machine-readable storage medium containing 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; and

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

2. 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.

3. The article of claim 1, further 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.

4. The article of claim 3, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to extend the interactive area of the display to an edge of a screen on the mobile computing device.

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

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

adjust the interactive area on the display to accommodate a second non-interactive area in at least a second location of the second touch.

6. 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.

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

8. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to detect a touch of a human hand on a physical bezel of the mobile computing device, wherein the virtual bezel is arranged to extend from edge of the display proximate to a location defined by the detected touch of the human hand on the physical bezel.

9. The article of claim 1, comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to generate the non-interactive area on the display based at least on a location of the touch of the human hand on the display.

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, the user interface module operative to adjust an interactive area of the one or more user interface elements on the display to accommodate a non-interactive area, the non-interactive area comprising a virtual bezel arranged to extend from an edge of the display to a point defined by the detected touch on the display.

11. The device of claim 10, the user interface module operative to render the interactive area comprising a first color and the non-interactive area comprising a second color.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 10, the sensor operative to detect a touch of a human hand on a physical bezel of the mobile computing device, wherein the virtual bezel is arranged to extend from edge of the display proximate to a location defined by the detected touch of the human hand on the physical bezel.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 10, the user interface module operative to render the non-interactive area on the display based at least on a location of the touch of the human hand on the display.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 10, the sensor operative to detect that the touch of the human hand is no longer on the non-interactive area and the user interface module operative to remove the non-interactive area.

15. 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;

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

reducing the interactive area of the user interface to accommodate the non-interactive area.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 15, comprising determining that the human hand is in the location for at least a predetermined period of time.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 15, comprising detecting one or more of a capacitive touch and a resistive touch.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 15, comprising:

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

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

19. The computer implemented method of claim 15, wherein the virtual bezel comprises a different color than the interactive area.

20. The computer implemented method of claim 15, comprising:

detecting a second location of a second touch of a second human hand on the interactive area of the user interface;

generating a second non-interactive area to be rendered in an area of at least a portion of the detected second touch on the display; and

reducing the interactive area of the user interface to accommodate the second non-interactive area.