METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRANEOUS OBJECT NOTIFICATION INTERFACE IN MOBILE DEVICE OPERATION
A method and system for notifying an observer of the presence of one or more extraneous objects on a touchscreen display of a mobile computing device. The method is executed in a processor of the mobile computing device, the device including a memory storing instructions, a display screen including a set of touch sensors, the processor being capable of inferring a presence of an extraneous object on the display screen based on an interaction with the set of touch sensors, the method comprising determining a spatial area around an interaction in response to an inference that an extraneous object is present on the display screen; rendering a perimeter of the spatial area, the perimeter being superposed over an underlying text content portion shown on the display screen; and displaying a notification indicator configured to include the boundary and the underlying text content portion.
1 . A method executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device including a memory storing instructions, a display screen including a set of touch sensors, the processor capable of inferring a presence of an extraneous object on the display screen based on an at least one interaction with the set of touch sensors, the method comprising:
determining a spatial area around the at least one interaction in response to an inference that an extraneous object is present on the display screen;
rendering a perimeter of the spatial area, the perimeter being superposed over an underlying text content portion shown on the display screen; and
displaying a notification indicator configured to include the boundary and the underlying text content portion.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the perimeter is rendered to portray one of a water droplet and a water splash.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the notification indicator further comprises at least one boundary rendered outside the perimeter and generally concentric therewith.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the underlying text content portion is a part of a larger text content portion rendered on the display screen, the text content portions comprising text characters rendered in one of a font size and a font type.
5 . The method of claim 4 wherein the notification indicator is configured to display the underlying text content portion in a different font size than a remainder of the larger text portion.
6 . The method of claim 4 wherein the notification indicator is configured to display the underlying text content portion in a different font type than a remainder of the larger text portion.
7 . The method of claim 4 wherein the notification indicator is configured to display the text characters of the underlying text content portion in a distorted fashion relative to the larger text content portion.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification indicator is configured to display text characters of the underlying text content portion according to a different display screen brightness relative to a remainder of the larger text content portion.
9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the notification indicator is configured to show the boundary in a color different from the larger text content portion.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the notification indicator is configured to show the boundary according to a pulsating representation.
11 . A computing device comprising:
a memory storing instructions;
a display screen including a set of touch sensors;
a processor capable of inferring a presence of an extraneous object on the display screen based on an interaction with the set of touch sensors, the processor operable in conjunction with the instructions to:
determine a spatial area around an interaction in response to an inference that an extraneous object is present on the display screen;
render a perimeter of the spatial area, the perimeter being superposed over an underlying text content portion shown on the display screen; and
display a notification indicator configured to include the boundary and the underlying text content portion.
12 . The computing device of claim 11 wherein the perimeter is rendered to portray one of a water droplet and a water splash.
13 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the notification indicator further comprises at least one boundary rendered outside the perimeter and generally concentric therewith.
14 . The computing device of claim 11 wherein the underlying text content portion is a part of a larger text content portion rendered on the display screen, the text content portions comprising text characters rendered in one of a font size and a font type.
15 . The computing device of claim 14 wherein the notification indicator is configured to display the underlying text content portion in a different font size than a remainder of the larger text portion.
16 . The computing device of claim 14 wherein the notification indicator is configured to display the underlying text content portion in a different font type than a remainder of the larger text portion.
17 . The computing device of claim 14 wherein the notification indicator is configured to display the text characters of the underlying text content portion in a distorted fashion relative to the larger text content portion.
18 . The computing device of claim 14 wherein the notification indicator is configured to display text characters of the underlying text content portion according to a different display screen brightness relative to a remainder of the larger text content portion.
19 . The computing device of claim 14 wherein the notification indicator is configured to show the boundary in a color different from the larger text content portion.
20 . The computing device of claim 14 wherein the notification indicator is configured to show the boundary according to a pulsating representation.
21 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to perform operations that include:
determining a spatial area around an interaction in response to an inference that an extraneous object is present on the display screen;
rendering a perimeter of the spatial area, the perimeter being superposed over an underlying text content portion shown on the display screen; and
displaying a notification indicator configured to include the boundary and the underlying text content portion.