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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, CN;
Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
Abstract
A method for setting a two hand mode to operate a touchscreen includes: receiving, via the touchscreen, at least one point of contact on the touchscreen generated by one or more fingers of a user, the touchscreen including a plurality of icons; detecting, by at least one processing device, a total number of the points of contact on the touchscreen and respective coordinates of the points of contact; determining, based on the total number of the points of contact and the respective coordinates of the points of contact, whether the user intends to use two hands to operate the touchscreen; and controlling the touchscreen to display the plurality of icons according to a result of the determining.