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by inlineint 3529 days ago
I think machine learning can be employed to filter out accidental touches from the meaningful ones. It is already done in iPad Pro that allows to use Apple Pencil while holding your hand on the screen, and still detects meaningful touches.
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Apple also implemented the same feature when the iPad mini (2012) came out [1]

[1] http://www.imore.com/ipad-mini-has-advanced-software-detect-...

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