Detecting and handling unintentional touching of a touch screen

摘要

A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product detects and handles an unintentional touching of a touch screen in order to prevent unintentional inputs to the touch screen. An unintentional touching of touch screen, as determined by one or more predefined events, causes a predetermined region of the touch screen to be disabled.

主权项

1. A processor-implemented method of detecting and handling an unintentional touching of a touch screen, the processor-implemented method comprising:
a processor detecting an unintentional touching of a touch screen, wherein the touch screen is a component of a portable computing device that comprises an orientation sensor; the processor, in response to detecting the unintentional touching of the touch screen, disabling a predetermined region of the touch screen, wherein said disabling prevents unintentional inputs to the touch screen; the processor receiving outputs from the orientation sensor in the portable computing device indicating that the portable computing device is being handed from a first person to a second person, wherein the orientation sensor detects acceleration, yaw, pitch and roll movement indicative of the portable computing device being handed from the first person to the second person, and wherein the yaw is a rotating movement of the portable computing device indicating that the portable computing device is being turned around for the second person to see during a hand-off of the portable computing device from the first person to the second person; and the processor, in response to detecting that the portable computing device is being handed from the first person to the second person based on received outputs from the orientation sensor, blocking all touch inputs to the touch screen while the portable computing device is being handed from the first person to the second person.