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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:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US);
Inventors:
Ted D. Mabie, Olathe, KS (US);
David M. Dixon, Overland Park, KS (US);
Clayton C. Vondrasek, Lenexa, KS (US);
Joseph L. Komer, Shawnee, KS (US);
Assignee:
Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/0421 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touchscreen system for adapting a user interface broadly comprises a controller and a display screen, the display screen comprising a touchscreen. The display screen is operable to present the user interface. The controller may be configured to detect a defect in an area of the touchscreen, determine a location on the display screen related to the defect, and adapting the user interface on the display screen to compensate for the defect.