SELECTIVE TURNING OFF/DIMMING OF TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY REGION

摘要

A device includes a touch screen display comprising a touch sensitive panel and a display. The touch sensitive panel receives a touch event, and records the touch event as touch panel data. The device analyzes the touch panel data to identify the touch event as a valid or a non-valid touch event, determines, if the touch event is a non-valid touch event and based on the touch panel data, one or more regions of a touch panel display associated with the non-valid touch event, and turns off or dims the determined one or more regions of the touch panel display.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a touch event upon a device's touch screen display, wherein the touch screen display comprises a touch sensitive panel and a display; recording the touch event as touch panel data; analyzing the touch panel data to identify the touch event as a valid or a non-valid touch event; determining, if the touch event is a non-valid touch event and based on the touch panel data, one or more regions of the display associated with the non-valid touch event; turning off or dimming the determined one or more regions of the display; and turning on, or un-dimming, the determined one or more regions of the display a threshold length of time subsequent to an end of the touch event, wherein the threshold length of time comprises a variable length of time that is customized by a user of the device, or is set based on execution of an algorithm that adjusts the variable length of time.