1. A method for operating a display interface of a computing device, the method comprising:
detecting a variation in light that is directed onto and through a display screen of the display interface;
identifying a characteristic of the light variation that is directed onto and through the display screen, wherein identifying the characteristic of the light variation includes detecting a dimension or shape of the light variation; and
making a determination as to whether the variation in light is to be interpreted as an input or to be ignored based on the characteristic, wherein making the determination as to whether the variation in light is to be interpreted as an input or to be ignored based on the characteristic includes making the determination that the variation is an input based on the shape of the light variation correlating to a tip portion of an object;
causing the display interface to emit light that has a particular characteristic, and
wherein identifying a variation in light includes detecting the particular characteristic reflected back to the display interface from an object that is configured to reflect the particular characteristic back, and
wherein making a determination as to whether the variation in light is to be interpreted as an input includes interpreting the variation in light as the input when the detected characteristic includes the particular characteristic reflected back.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a duration of time that the light variation is present or relatively static, and wherein making a determination as to whether the variation in light is to be interpreted as an input or to be ignored based on the characteristic includes making the determination that the variation is input based in part on the duration of time.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a mode setting of the computing device, and wherein making a determination as to whether the variation in light is to be interpreted as an input or to be ignored based on the characteristic includes making the determination that the variation is input based in part on the mode setting.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed using a processor of the computing device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed using logic integrated into the display interface.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the display interface to emit light that has a particular characteristic includes flickering the emitted light, and wherein detecting the particular characteristic includes detecting a flickering reflection from the tip portion of the object.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a condition representing a lighting condition in which the display interface of the computing device is operated.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein detecting a condition representing a lighting condition includes detecting the condition corresponding to presence of ambient light, and wherein making a determination as to whether the variation in light is to be interpreted as an input includes accounting for the presence of a shadow created by the ambient light on a length of an object that is brought into contact or proximity with a surface of the display interface to provide the input.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A golf club support for supporting a golf club of which head portion has an R shape on a base end side,
wherein the golf club support has a columnar shape, has an opening which extends from a top end to a bottom end in a circumferential surface thereof, and has a guide portion which is formed from the opening toward the inside to be able to guide a shaft of the golf club therein,
a first support member, a second support member, and a third support member are formed on at least a top surface of the golf club support such that when the golf club is positioned at an innermost portion of the guide portion with a sole surface of its head portion turned upward, the first support member supports a face surface of the head portion of the golf club, the second support member supports a surface facing obliquely outward and upward in a base-end-side side surface of the head portion of the golf club, and the third support member supports a top surface of the head portion of the golf club on a top end thereof, and
positions of top portions of the first support member and the second support member are higher than a top portion of the third support member,
wherein at least three support, poles project upward from the top surface of the golf club support, and
among the at least three support poles, a first support pole functions as the first support member, a second support pole functions as the second support member, and the support pole other than the first support pole and the second support pole functions as the third support member.
2. The golf club support according to claim 1,
wherein a tapered surface that faces obliquely inward and upward is formed on an inner side of a top end of the first support member, and the golf club support is configured to support the face surface on the tapered surface.
3. The golf club support according to claim 1 or 2,
wherein a fourth support member, a fifth support member, and a sixth support member are formed on a bottom surface of the golf club support such that when the golf club is positioned at the innermost portion of the guide portion with the sole surface of its head portion turned upward, the fourth support member supports the face surface of the head portion of the golf club, the fifth support member supports the surface facing obliquely outward and upward in the base-end-side side surface of the head portion of the golf club, and the sixth support member supports the top surface of the head portion of the golf club on a top end thereof, and the fourth support member, the fifth support member, and the sixth support member are formed at positions at which they are symmetrical with the first support member, the second support member, and the third support member respectively.
4. The golf club support according to claim 3,
wherein the golf club support is configured to be able to support with any of the top surface and the bottom surface thereof turned upward.
5. The golf club support according to claim 1 or 2,
wherein the first support pole and the second support pole have different heights.
6. The golf club support according to claim 1 or 2.
wherein the first support pole and the second support pole are positioned closer to both edges of the opening respectively than the support pole other than them is.
7. The golf club support according to claim 1 or 2,
wherein leading ends of the at least three support poles are formed into an R shape or a sharpened shape.