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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2009
Gary M. Zalewski, Oakland, CA (US);
Charles Nicholson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gary M. Zalewski, Oakland, CA (US);
Charles Nicholson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hand-held electronic device, method of operation and computer readable medium are disclosed. The device may include a case having one or more major surfaces. A visual display and a touch interface are disposed on at least one of the major surfaces. A processor is operably coupled to the visual display and touch screen. Instructions executable by the processor may be configured to a) present an image on the visual display containing one or more active elements; b) perform a tessellation that divides the image into one or more regions that fill the display, wherein each region corresponds to a different active element, wherein a size of each region depends on a corresponding probability that a user will use the corresponding active element within a given time frame; and c) correlating one or more active portions of the touch interface to one or more corresponding active elements.