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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2012
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Amit Nishikant Kawalkar, Bangalore, IN;

Hans Roth, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morristown, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided for employing an intelligent stencil mask to interact with a touch screen interface and thereby reduce the probability of accidental control function activation. A touch screen interface onboard an aircraft is coupled to a processor and is configured to generate a first virtual mask having a first region and a second region. A user interaction is then detected with one of the first region and the second region. A first reconfigured virtual mask is generated if the user interacted with the second region. However, an aircraft control function is activated if the user interacted with the first region.


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