Patent ID: 8373669
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a touch screen display; a sensing mechanism operable to sense an associated object spaced a distance from the touch screen display; and, control logic operatively coupled with the sensing mechanism and the touch screen display; wherein the control logic is operable to calculate an anticipated touch point for the associated object on the touch screen; and, wherein the control logic is responsive to calculating the anticipated touch point to gradually discover the associated object by scaling a size of a portion of the touch screen display around the anticipated touch point in accordance with the distance, wherein the portion of the touch screen display that is scaled is scaled in accordance with a size of the associated object wherein a relative larger area is scaled in accordance with the associated object being a finger of an associated user of the apparatus and a relative smaller area is scaled in accordance with the associated object being a stylus pointing device.