US Patent Issued to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION on July 1 for "Anti-mistouch method and electronic device for foldable screens based on folding angle" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,521, issued on July 1, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Anti-mistouch method and electronic device for foldable screens based on folding angle" was invented by Wei Zhou (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-mistouch method and apparatus, and an electronic device, are provided. The method includes: determining, by an electronic device, a folding angle of a foldable screen; determining a target region of the foldable screen according to the folding angle; and disabling a touch response function of the target region of the foldable screen."

The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2023, und...