Touch-based occlusion for handheld devices

A handheld device comprising:

• a display for displaying at least a computer-generated scene, and receiving at least one touch-based input;
• a determination module for determining an area location representative of a position of at least one area of impression content within the computer-generated scene visible on the display;
• a touch module for detecting at least one touch-based input;
• a generation module for generating at least a representation of the at least one touch-based input detected by the handheld device;
• an intersection determination module for determining an intersection between the representation of the at least one touch-based input on the display of the handheld device, and a representation of the at least one area of impression content at the area location, wherein the intersection indicates the proportion of the at least one area of impression content not visible to a user on the display;
• a transmission module for transmitting an indication, comprising data representative of the intersection, to a remote server, wherein the data representative of the intersection is used to adjust, by the remote server, at least the computer-generated scene to produce an adjusted computer-generated scene comprising the impression content;
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• an input module for receiving, from the remote server, at least the adjusted computer-generated scene,
• wherein the display is configured to display at least the adjusted computer-generated scene.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of computer-readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor are arranged to determine a proportion of at least one area of impression content within a computer-generated scene that is visible to a user on a display of a handheld device configured to receive touch-based inputs, wherein the instructions, when executed cause the at least one processor to:

• determine, an area location representative of a position of the area of impression content within the computer-generated scene visible on the display of the handheld device;
• detect at least one touch-based input to the display of the handheld device;
• generate a representation of the at least one touch-based input detected by the handheld device;
• determine an intersection between a representation of the touch-based input on the display of the handheld device, and a representation of the area of impression content at the area location, wherein the intersection indicates the proportion of the area of impression content not visible to the user on the display of the handheld device;
• transmitting, from the handheld device to a remote server, an indication comprising data representative of the intersection for use in adjusting, by the remote server, at least the computer-generated scene to produce an adjusted computer-generated scene comprising the impression content;
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• receiving, at the handheld device and from the remote server, the adjusted computer-generated scene;
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• displaying, on the display of the handheld device, the adjusted computer-generated scene.