DETECTING AND HANDLING UNINTENTIONAL TOUCHING OF A TOUCH SCREEN
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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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16. 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; and 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. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. 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; and 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; and
whereinthe first and second program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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