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US 9,805,254 B2Granted
Preventing display clearing
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsAmy Leigh Rose, Guillermo Regulez, Justin Michael Ringuette, Nathan J. Peterson, Jennifer Lee-Baron, John Scott Crowe
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Abstract
For preventing clearing of a display, a method is disclosed that includes receiving input from a non-tactile sensor, determining user activity based on the input from the sensor, and preventing a display from clearing in response to determining the user activity.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a display operatively coupled to the processor;
- a non-tactile sensor;
- a timer that measures a threshold amount of time;
- a memory that stores code executable by the processor to:
- determine, based on input from the non-tactile sensor, whether a first type of user activity at the apparatus exceeds a threshold amount of activity;
- simulate a second type of user activity at the apparatus in response to the first type of user activity exceeding the threshold amount of activity, the second type of user activity being different than the first type of user activity;
- and
- clear the display in response to the second type of user activity not being detected within the threshold amount of time, wherein the simulated second type of user activity resets the timer and prevents clearing of the display.
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A method comprising:
- receiving input from a non-tactile sensor;
- determining, based on input from the non-tactile sensor, whether a first type of user activity at an apparatus exceeds a threshold amount of activity;
- simulating a second type of user activity in response the first type of user activity exceeding the threshold amount of activity, the second type of user activity being different than the first type of user activity;
- preventing a display from clearing in response to detecting the second type of user activity within a threshold amount of time;
- and
- allowing clearing of the display in response to not detecting the second type of user activity within a threshold amount of time, wherein the simulated second type of user activity prevents clearing of the display.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a touch screen display operatively coupled to the processor;
- a non-tactile sensor that senses user activity at the system;
- an activity module that determines, based on the sensed user activity and input from the touch screen display, whether use of the system exceeding a threshold amount of activity;
- and
- a display module that simulates touch at the touch screen display responsive to the use of the system exceeding a threshold amount of activity and responsive to no user touching the touch screen display,
- wherein the display module prevents clearing of the display for a predetermined amount of time in response to input from the touch screen display, wherein the simulated touch also prevents clearing of the display for a predetermined amount of time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.