Cirque Corporation

Trevor C Clifton

Richard D Woolley

Vadim Klishko

Daniel Byrne Kondel

David Taylor

Dale J Carter

Steven H Baker

A method for determining what input should be accepted by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-offs and slide-offs occur when gesturing or performing a function on the touch sensor by a finger or multiple fingers.

Determining what input to accept by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-off and slide-off when gesturing or performing a function

A method for detecting and tracking a single finger or multi-finger gesture referred to as an edge swipe gesture that originates from an edge of a touch sensor and which is distinguished from normal touch sensor operations such as cursoring, wherein the edge swipe gesture generates detection and tracking data having an immediate change, whereas touchdown or movement towards and then away from an edge of the touch sensor will generate data that is different from the edge swipe gesture.

Method for distinguishing between edge swipe gestures that enter a touch sensor from an edge and other similar but non-edge swipe actions

A system and method wherein touchpad input including movement of a cursor and mouse clicks are inhibited until two events have occurred, namely, a timeout interval has elapsed and detection of movement of a pointing object a predetermined distance on the touchpad, wherein the system and method may also be implemented in touchpad firmware or hardware so that touchpad functionality beyond functions offered by an Operating System will travel with the touchpad and be available even when a software driver offering extended touchpad functionality is not installed or available for use.

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Lehi, UT, United States of America

Trevor C Clifton