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US 2016/0110098 A1Published application
Touch Zones on a Soft Keyboard
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsAaron M. Stewart, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Jonathan J. Yu, Lance W. Cassidy
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Abstract
An approach is provided for establishing touch zones of soft keys of a soft keypad that is displayed on a touch-screen device. The approach identifies a fingertip size associated with a user of the touch-screen device. Touch zones of one or more keys are then established so that the size of the touch zones is based on the fingertip size.
Claims20
A machine-implemented method comprising:
- displaying, on a display of a touch-screen device, a soft keypad that comprises a plurality of soft keys;
- identifying a fingertip size associated with a user of the touch-screen device;
- and
- establishing one or more touch zones, wherein each of the touch zones is within one of the soft keys, and wherein a size of at least one of the touch zones is based on the fingertip size.
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An information handling system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a touch-screen display accessible by at least one of the processors;
- a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
- and
- a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to:
- display, on the touch screen display, a soft keypad that comprises a plurality of soft keys;
- identify a fingertip size associated with a user of the touch-screen device;
- and
- establish one or more touch zones, wherein each of the touch zones is within one of the soft keys, and wherein a size of at least one of the touch zones is based on the fingertip size.
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A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium comprising a set of computer instructions, the computer instructions effective to:
- display, on a display of a touch-screen device, a soft keypad that comprises a plurality of soft keys;
- identify a fingertip size associated with a user of the touch-screen device;
- and
- establish one or more touch zones, wherein each of the touch zones is within one of the soft keys, and wherein a size of at least one of the touch zones is based on the fingertip size.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.