Patent ID: 9626020
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, multiple user touch inputs from a user via a touch surface; determining that one or more user touch inputs of the multiple user touch inputs are removed from the touch surface; based at least in part on determining that the one or more user touch inputs are removed from the touch surface, determining, by the computing device, that the one or more user touch inputs remained on the touch surface for less than a predetermined amount of time; based at least in part on determining that the one or more user touch inputs remained on the touch surface for less than the predetermined amount of time, storing data regarding the one or more user touch inputs in memory; receiving, by the computing device, tool touch input from an input tool via the touch surface; retrieving the data regarding the one or more user touch inputs from the memory; analyzing the data regarding the one or more user touch inputs to determine a first number of the one or more user touch inputs that are received on one side of the tool touch input and a second number of the one or more user touch inputs that are received on another side of the tool touch input; and determining whether the user is employing the input tool with a left-hand or a right-hand based at least in part on the first number and the second number.