Patent ID: 9519375
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A portable device comprising: a display device having a touch-sensitive input surface configured to receive operator input; at least one sensor configured to detect the operator input provided via contacting of the input surface; the at least one sensor configured to monitor the input surface to receive a large area input, the large area input being an input in which at least one third of an entirety of an area of the input surface is contacted; the portable device configured to trigger a first function in response to receiving the large area input; wherein the at least one sensor is also configured to detect a plurality of nearly simultaneous inputs, the simultaneous inputs comprising a first input from an object making a first contact on the input surface and a second input from the object making a second contact on the input surface within 0.5 seconds of the first contact; and wherein the portable device is configured to trigger a deactivation of at least one of (i) the display device and (ii) at least one sensor configured to detect input on the input surface in response to the detection of the nearly simultaneous inputs.