Patent ID: 8863042

Claim:
A method for reconfiguring controls shown on a touch screen display, wherein the touch screen display is included in a device, wherein the reconfiguring allows one or more of the controls to be more accessible for operation of a thumb of a hand holding the device, the method comprising: displaying at least one control in a first position on the touch screen display; accepting a signal to indicate that reconfiguring for a thumb mode of operation is desired; changing the display in response to the signal so that the at least one control is moved to a thumb access area, wherein the at least one control is more accessible for operation by the thumb than when the at least one control was in the first position; generating the signal automatically by using a camera to determine when a user is attempting to use a thumb of a holding hand to control the device; wherein a thumb mode of operation and a non-thumb mode of operation are switched automatically depending on an image captured by the camera.