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US 2014/0210727 A1Published application
Electronic device with touch-based deactivation of touch input signaling
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorTomas Karl-Axel Wassingbo
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Abstract
To enhance user interaction with an electronic device having a touch screen, the electronic device permits touch-based user input even if the user inadvertently rests a thumb or finger on the touch screen.
Claims9
An electronic device, comprising:
- a touch sensitive display configured to display visual content containing selectable items to a user and receive user touch input to select the selectable items from the displayed visual content;
- and
- a control circuit configured to detect touching of the touch sensitive display in a displayed window and time the duration of the touching and, when the touching exceeds a predetermined deactivation threshold duration:
- deactivate the touch selectability of selectable items displayed on the touch sensitive display for an area of the display overlapped by the touching that exceeds the predetermined deactivation threshold duration;
- and
- permit the touch selectability of selectable items displayed on the touch sensitive display for areas of the window other than the area of the display overlapped by the touching that exceeds the predetermined length of time.
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