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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Aaron M. Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey E. Skinner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jonathan J. Yu, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lance W. Cassidy, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for establishing touch zones of soft keys of a soft keypad that is displayed on a touch-screen device. The approach identifies a fingertip size associated with a user of the touch-screen device. Touch zones of one or more keys are then established so that the size of the touch zones is based on the fingertip size.