System and method for improving touchscreen operability

摘要

An apparatus for improving touchscreen operability and methods for making and using the same. The apparatus comprises a sheet for attaching to a touchscreen. The sheet includes a functional sense region for cooperating with a functional region of the touchscreen and a functional activation region for manipulation by a user. The functional activation region can be disposed on a nonfunctional space adjacent to the touch panel, such as an area adjacent to a home button of a smartphone. Thereby, a predetermined smartphone function associated with a distal functional region of the touchscreen can be initiated via manipulation of the functional activation region, rather than activation of the functional sense region of the touchscreen. Thereby, the apparatus advantageously can enable a user of the smartphone to initiate the predetermined smartphone function associated with the distal functional region of the touchscreen in a more convenient manner, enabling single-handed operation of the smartphone.