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US 7,746,324 B2Granted
Device having a device managed input interface
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsStephen Brian Gates, Jeremy K. Black
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Abstract
A device includes a sensor which generates a value representative of a position of the device relative to an object surface. The device then uses the value obtained from the sensor to automatically transition from a first state in which the input interface is enabled to a second state in which at least a portion of the input interface is inhibited.
Claims21
A hand-held device, comprising:
- a display having a touch sensitive, user input interface;
- a processing device in communication with the display having associated instructions for managing the touch sensitive, user input interface;
- and
- a sensor for providing to the processing device a signal indicative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface;
- wherein the instructions associated with the processing device function to inhibit at least a portion of the touch sensitive, user input interface when the signal generated by the sensor is indicative of the hand-held device being positioned adjacent to the object surface.
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A method for managing a touch sensitive, user input interface presented in a display of a hand-held device, comprising:
- obtaining from a sensor associated with the hand-held device a value representative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface;
- and
- using the value obtained from the sensor to cause the hand-held device to automatically transition from a first state in which the touch sensitive, user input interface presented in the display of the hand-held device is enabled to a second state in which at least a portion of the touch sensitive, user input interface presented in the display of the hand-held device is inhibited.
A hand-held device, comprising:
- a display having a touch sensitive user input interface;
- a processing device in communication with the display having associated instructions for managing the touch sensitive, user input interface;
- and
- a sensor for providing to the processing device a signal indicative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface;
- wherein the instructions associated with the processing device function to enable at least a portion of the touch sensitive, user input interface when the signal generated by the sensor is indicative of the hand-held device being positioned non-adjacent to the object surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.