Detecting Primary Hover Point For Multi-Hover Point Device

摘要

Example apparatus and methods concern establishing, managing, or dis-establishing a primary hover-point for a hover-sensitive input/output interface. One example apparatus includes a proximity detector that detects an object in a hover-space associated with the input/output interface. The apparatus produces characterization data concerning the object. The characterization data may identify where the object is located, how the object is moving, what the object is doing, or other attributes of the object. The apparatus may assign a hover point designation to the object as a function of the characterization data. The apparatus selectively controls input actions associated with the object based on the hover point designation. The apparatus may accept input actions associated with a primary hover point and ignore actions associated with a non-primary hover point.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
establishing a primary hover point designation for a first member of a set of objects, where members of the set of objects are at least partially present in a hover-space associated with an input/output interface associated with an apparatus; establishing a non-primary hover point designation for a second, different member of the set of objects; and selectively controlling how the input/output interface processes actions performed by members of the set of objects based, at least in part, on the primary hover point designation and the non-primary hover point designation.