Patent 9985629 was granted and assigned to Whirlpool Corporation on May, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for locking out a portion of a touch screen interface in response to an inadvertent touch comprises steps to detect multiple touches on the portion of the touch screen interface; determine that the multiple touches are incompatible; initiate a lockout time period in response to the determination and reinitiate the lockout time period in response to a subsequent touch during the lockout time period.