Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

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John P McCarthy

Bradley Neal Suggs

John Joseph Briden

Robert Campbell

Stacy L Wolff

Ilchan Lee

John William Pennington, Jr

Fletcher Liverance

Evan Joel Wilson

Kenneth Chan

Christine I Harper

Victoria M McCarthy

Shawn P McCarthy

Rick (Ricky) Thomas Burks

Examples of a multi-region touchpad are disclosed. In one example implementation, a multi-region touchpad may include a multi-region touchpad sensor having a region and a secondary region to receive an input corresponding to a movement against the multi-region touchpad sensor and a touchpad controller. The touchpad controller may process the received input, and may transmit touch position indicative of the received input to a touchpad driver of a computing device communicatively coupled to the touchpad device. Further, the touchpad driver may cause an operating system of the computing device to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the primary region and extending into the secondary region as a continuous touch. Similarly, the touchpad driver may cause the operating system to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the secondary region as a navigational command to cause the operating system to perform a navigational function.

Multi-region touchpad

A system including a display, a sensor and a controller. The sensor can detect an object and generate data related to the object. The controller can determine a first pose of the object from the data and display a first representative image on the display. The controller can determine a second pose of the object and display a second representative image on the display, wherein the second representative image is associated with a displayed element.

Representative image

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for enabling multi-display input. According to one embodiment, the presence of an object is detected within a display area of a first display panel or a second display panel via at least one optical sensor coupled to a processor. Positional data of the object is received from the optical sensor, and a control operation associated with either the first display or second display panel is determined based on the positional data received from the optical sensor.

System and method for enabling multi-display input

A display system can include a panel. The panelcan include a perimeterand can display images on a front side. A bezelcan extend from the perimeter of the panel. The display system can include a designated areaon the bezel. A three dimensional optical sensorcan generate information to determine if an object is in contact with the designated area on the bezel.

Display with an optical sensor

A method for accessing a file on a computing machine including configuring a sensor to detect an object and a user interacting with the object, associating the object with at least one file on the computing machine, and configuring a display device to render an associated file being accessed in response to the user interacting with the object.

Associated file

A computing device including a mounting component at a panel of the computing device to couple with a docking stand for a removable battery of the computing device to electrically couple and receive power from the docking stand and the removable battery supplies power to the computing device if the computing device decouples from the docking stand.

Removable battery of computing device

A method for detecting an input command including configuring a sensor to determine whether a user is within a proximity of a computing machine, configuring an input device to detect an input command entered by the user when the user is within the proximity of the computing machine, and transmitting the input command for the computing machine to process.

Input command

A display system can include a transparent layer. The transparent layer can include a front and a back. A bevel region can extend from the transparent layer. A panel can be on the back of the transparent layer. A three dimensional optical sensor can be on the back of the bevel region.

A practice hockey puck is connected to the blade of a hockey stick by a removable elastic cord in such a way as not to alter the characteristics of either the hockey puck or the hockey stick. The puck and the tether are easily attached or removed from the hockey stick and in no manner is the stick altered. The device allows for an easy way of training and practicing stick handling and puck control without the need for a partner and without specialized equipment.

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Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

John P McCarthy