Patent ID: 9513707
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B62D,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for locking an input area associated with a force-based touch interface, comprising: detecting a first touch value associated with a first user interaction with a first area of a touch interface, the first touch value including information indicative of a location of the first area of the touch interface; establishing a first virtual input area based on the location, wherein a boundary associated with first virtual input area is contained within a boundary defined by the touch interface; detecting a second touch value associated with a second user interaction with a second area of the touch interface; in response to determining that a location associated with the second touch value is within the first virtual input area, generating a control signal for causing execution of a first function based on the determination that the second touch value is within the first virtual input area, in response to determining that the location associated with the second touch value is outside of the first virtual input area and the first touch value has not been interrupted, ignoring the second touch value; and in response to determining that the location associated with the second touch value is outside of the first virtual input area and the first touch value has been interrupted, establishing a second virtual input area based on the location of the second touch value, wherein a boundary associated with the second virtual input area is contained within the boundary defined by the touch interface and is separate and spaced apart from the first virtual input area.