Mobile device rejection of unintentional touch sensor contact

A method comprising:

• detecting a contact over a time period with a side touch sensor of a mobile device, the side touch sensor providing for input of gestures by a user of the mobile device, wherein the side touch sensor is a capacitive touch sensor to detect contact with a side of the mobile device;
• comparing the contact with the side touch sensor over the time period with indicators of unintentional contact with the mobile device, wherein the comparison includes performance of a statistical analysis of the contact with the side touch sensor over the time period, the statistical analysis including analysis of shape and movement characteristics of the contact, wherein the indicators of unintentional contact include data regarding motion of contact areas on the side touch sensor over the time period;
• if the comparison of the contact to the side touch sensor with the indicators of unintentional contact indicates that the contact is unintentional, rejecting the contact as a gesture input to the mobile device;
• and
• if the comparison of the contact with the indicators of unintentional contact indicates that the contact is intentional, accepting the contact as a gesture input to the mobile device.

A mobile system comprising:

• a side touch sensor to detect a contact with the side touch sensor over a time period performed by a user with a side of the system, wherein the side touch sensor is a capacitive touch sensor to detect contact with a side of the mobile system for input of gestures by the user;
• a flash memory to store indicators of unintentional contact to the side touch sensor;
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• a processor to evaluate contact to the side touch sensor;
• wherein the processor is to compare the contact with the side touch sensor over the time period to the indicators of unintentional contact to determine if the contact is intended to be a gesture input or if the contact is unintentional, wherein the comparison includes performance of a statistical analysis of the contact with the side touch sensor over the time period, the statistical analysis including analysis of shape and movement characteristics of the contact;
• wherein the indicators of unintentional contact include data regarding motion of contact areas on the side touch sensor over the time period;
• and
• wherein the mobile system is to reject the contact to the side touch sensor as a gesture input to the system if the contact is determined to be unintentional based on the comparison of the contact to the indicators of unintentional contact and to accept the contact as a gesture input to the system if the contact is determined to be intentional.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• detecting a contact over a time period with a side touch sensor of a mobile device, the side touch sensor providing for input of gestures by a user of the mobile device, wherein the side touch sensor is a capacitive touch sensor to detect contact with a side of the mobile device;
• comparing the contact with the side touch sensor over the time period with indicators of unintentional contact with the mobile device, wherein the comparison includes performance of a statistical analysis of the contact with the side touch sensor over the time period, the statistical analysis including analysis of shape and movement characteristics of the contact, wherein the indicators of unintentional contact include data regarding motion of contact areas on the side touch sensor over the time period;
• if the comparison of the contact to the side touch sensor with the indicators of unintentional contact indicates that the contact is unintentional, rejecting the contact as a gesture input to the mobile device;
• and
• if the comparison with the indicators of unintentional contact indicates that the contact is intentional, accepting the contact as a gesture input to the mobile device.