Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Kee Cheah Chan

Bing Qin Lim

Wai Mun Lee

Wooi Ping Teoh

Murali Kuyimbil

Chan Chee Kit

Tang Chin Sen

Quah Tee Hoh

A user interface apparatus and method are provided for gloved and non-gloved touch sensitive button actuation. A user interface () embodied as a body wearable harness () provides a touch button control system having an activation button () and functional touch sensitive control buttons (). The activation button () has a capacitive touch element () associated therewith that determines gloved or non-gloved operation based on a capacitive measurement taken in response to a finger input to the button. A plurality of control buttons (, and) are automatically assigned increased sensitivity levels in response to detected gloved mode operation in accordance with the measurement. The increased sensitivity levels allow various radio functions to be accessed by a gloved finger input during gloved mode operation with increased reliability. Additional control button identification can be added through the addition of vibrational alerts. Display and screen type control buttons can further be combined into larger and fewer buttons for ease of gloved landing.

Apparatus and method for expanded touch sensitive actuation of a user interface button

A connector () is formed of a housing having a tab (), a cover () for sliding over a section of the housing and a latch () slideably coupled to the cover. The connector () is attached to a device by aligning the tab () of the housing () into the device, sliding the cover () inward towards the housing thereby engaging the cover and housing to the device, and pressing the latch () downward to lock the connector to the device. The connector () is detached from the device by pulling the latch () upward to unlock the connector from the device, sliding the cover () outward to disengage the cover from the device, and releasing the tab ().

Latching mechanism for a connector

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Penang, Malaysia

Kee Cheah Chan