Character selection on a device using offset contact-zone

摘要

A mobile device (300) having a housing (371) including a display screen (322) mounted therein as well as a touch-sensitive keyboard (640) and microprocessor (338) is disclosed. The microprocessor is communicatively connected between the display screen and the touch-sensitive keyboard. A program that runs on the microprocessor is also presented. The microprocessor-run program identifies an offset contact-zone (431) on the touch-sensitive keyboard that corresponds to a proximate visible input key (410). Additionally, the microprocessor-run program normalizes the identified offset contact-zone into registration with the corresponding proximate visible input key so that sensed contacts at the offset contact-zone actuate an input to the device associated with the corresponding visible input key.