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Patent US9594457 - Unintentional touch rejection - Google Patents
A method for rejecting an unintentional palm touch is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a touch is detected by a touch-sensitive surface associated with a display. Characteristics of the touch may be used to generate a set of parameters related to the touch. In an embodiment, firmware is used...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US9594457?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9594457 - Unintentional touch rejection
Publication number US9594457 B2
Application number US 14/979,910
Also published as US8018440, US8294686, US8659570, US9261964, US20070152976, US20120001861, US20130044070, US20140111462, US20160110024, US20170147148, US20170177100, US20170177101
Publication number 14979910, 979910, US 9594457 B2, US 9594457B2, US-B2-9594457, US9594457 B2, US9594457B2
Inventors Reed L. Townsend, Alexander J. Kolmykov-Zotov, Steven P. Dodge, Bryan D. Scott
Patent Citations (436), Non-Patent Citations (323), Classifications (15), Legal Events (1)
US 9594457 B2
identifying at least one of a height and a width of the touch;
calculating a function of at least one of an area of the touch and a shape of the touch;
based at least in part on the calculated function, determining a probability that the touch is intentional;
based at least in part on the probability, determining whether the touch meets a predetermined confidence level; and
in response to determining that the touch meets the predetermined confidence level, communicate an input associated with the touch to an application.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the probability that the touch is intentional increases as the area of the touch decreases.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the probability that the touch is intentional increases when the shape of the touch has substantially the same height and width.
calculating a confidence level for the touch based on the probability; and
comparing the confidence level for the touch to the predetermined confidence level.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the confidence level for the touch is based at least in part on determining a reliability of the touch.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the reliability of the touch is based on one or more reliability factors comprising one or more of:
a pressure associated with the touch;
a rate of change in characteristics of the touch; and
a velocity of movement of the touch.
identifying a location of the touch within the touch-sensitive display.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining an activity context comprising one or more of:
determining whether the location of the touch is in a window associated with an application;
determining whether the application is active;
determining whether the location being touched is an active area; and
determining whether another valid touch is being made in a different location on the touch-sensitive display.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an activity context comprising one or more of:
determining whether multiple touches are being made substantially simultaneously;
determining whether multiple touches are expected;
determining whether a profile of the touch matches a known gesture; and
determining how the application treats touches.
at least one memory storing computer readable instructions that when executed cause the computing device to:
receive a touch on the touch-sensitive display;
identify at least one of a height and a width of the touch;
calculate a function of at least one of an area of the touch and a shape of the touch;
based on the calculated function, determine a probability that the touch is intentional; and
based on the probability, perform one of:
identify the touch as intentional;
display a visual feedback on the graphical user interface (GUI); and
identify the touch as unintentional.
11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the probability that the touch is intentional increases as the area of the touch decreases.
12. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the probability that the touch is intentional increases when the shape of the touch has substantially the same height and width.
13. The computing device of claim 10, the computing device further caused to:
based at least in part on the probability, determine whether the touch meets a predetermined confidence level; and
14. The computing device of claim 10, the computing device further caused to:
identify a location of the touch within the touch-sensitive display.
15. The computing device of claim 14, the computing device further caused to determine an activity context, wherein determining the activity context comprises one or more of:
determine whether the location of the touch is in a window associated with an application;
determine whether the application is active;
determine whether the location being touched is an active area; and
determine whether another valid touch is being made in a different location on the touch-sensitive display.
16. A computing device comprising at least one processing unit and at least one memory storing computer readable instructions that when executed cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving a touch on the touch-sensitive display;
in response to determining that the touch meets the predetermined confidence level, communicating an input associated with the touch to an application.
17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the probability that the touch is intentional increases as the area of the touch decreases.
18. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the probability that the touch is intentional increases when the shape of the touch has substantially the same height and width.
19. The computing device of claim 10, the computer readable instructions further causing the computing device to perform the method of:
20. The computing device of claim 19, the computer readable instructions further causing the computing device to perform the method of:
This application is a continuation application of, and claims priority to, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/145,204, filed Dec. 31, 2013, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,261,964 on Feb. 16, 2016, which is a continuation application of, and claims priority to, commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/657,662, filed Oct. 22, 2012, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,659,570 on Feb. 25, 2014, which is a continuation application of, and claims priority to, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/230,700, filed Sep. 12, 2011, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,294,686 on Oct. 23, 2012, which is a continuation application of, and claims priority to, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/324,157, filed on Dec. 30, 2005, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,018,440 on Sep. 13, 2011, each of the above applications is incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
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International Classification G06F3/041, G06F3/038, G06F3/0488, G06F3/01
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