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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte, Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Inventors:
John Weldon Nicholson, Cary, NC (US);
Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Durham, NC (US);
Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Matthew Price Roper, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01);
Abstract
For managing multiple touch sources with palm rejection, a method is disclosed that includes detecting an instrument touch on a touch screen of a computing device, the instrument touch performed by a handheld instrument, disabling user touch for a portion of the touch screen, the disabled portion selected in accordance with a usage pattern, and accepting a user touch of the touch screen outside of the disabled portion.