Mobile Terminal Touch Screen Area Segmentation for Accidental Input Filtering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile terminals with narrow rims face issues with accidental touch operations on the edge areas of the touch screen, leading to misjudgments and resource wastage, as they cannot distinguish between intended and accidental touches.

Innovation Solution

A method is implemented in mobile terminals to determine the operation area and type of touch operations, allowing the device to decide whether to respond based on predefined rules for the first and second operation areas, prioritizing responses on the first operation area over the second area, which includes the edge areas where accidental touches are more likely.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If the mobile terminal directly responds to all touch operations on the touch screen, then the responsiveness and user interaction speed are improved, but the accuracy of distinguishing intentional operations from accidental operations deteriorates, leading to misjudgments

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveresponsivenessVSAvoidoperation identification accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The touch screen is divided into multiple operation areas (first operation area and second operation area) with different response characteristics. The first operation area corresponds to regions where accidental touches are more likely to occur, while the second operation area corresponds to regions where intentional touches are more likely. By segmenting the touch screen into different zones with distinct response strategies, the system can respond quickly to intentional operations in the second area while filtering out accidental operations in the first area, thus maintaining responsiveness while improving operation identification accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If the mobile terminal responds to all touch operations including those on edge areas, then the completeness of operation recognition is improved, but the resource consumption increases due to processing unnecessary accidental operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation recognition completenessVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

Different response qualities are applied to different regions of the touch screen. The first operation area (edge areas) employs a filtering response strategy where operations are analyzed more carefully before execution, while the second operation area (central areas) employs a direct response strategy. This local differentiation allows the system to maintain high operation recognition completeness in the second area while reducing resource consumption by filtering out accidental operations in the first area, thus optimizing the balance between completeness and energy efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Area of stationary object

If the mobile terminal uses narrow rims to increase screen ratio, then the display area and visual experience are improved, but the likelihood of accidental touches on edge areas increases, worsening the misjudgment problem

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen ratioVSAvoidaccidental touch frequency
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The touch screen is segmented into first and second operation areas, where the first operation area corresponds to the edge regions with higher accidental touch frequency and the second operation area corresponds to the central regions. This segmentation allows the system to apply different response strategies to different regions, enabling narrow rim design with high screen ratio while mitigating the harmful effect of increased accidental touches in edge areas through selective filtering in the first operation area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Measurement precision

If the mobile terminal implements operation area and type determination logic, then the accuracy of distinguishing intentional from accidental operations is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation distinction accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary determination of operation area and operation type before executing the touch operation response. By pre-establishing the classification framework of first and second operation areas and predefined operation types, the system can quickly categorize incoming touch operations without complex real-time analysis. This preliminary classification simplifies the decision-making process, improving operation distinction accuracy while minimizing the increase in system complexity through structured preprocessing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11194425B2Method for responding to touch operation, mobile terminal, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2021.12.07 SHENZHEN HEYTAP TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for responding to a touch operation is provided, relating to the field of human-computer interaction. The method includes the following. The touch operation on a touch screen is received. Determine an operation area where the touch operation occurs, where the touch screen includes a first operation area and a second operation area, and the operation area is at least one of the first operation area and the second operation area. Determine an operation type of the touch operation. Determine whether to respond to the touch operation according to the operation area and the operation type.