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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2014
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Toni Hemminki, Tampere, FI;

Teemu Rämö, Helsinki, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/72527 (2013.01); H04M 1/72575 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1634 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device comprising a touch sensing element and a processing unit is provided. The device has one or more cover operation modes. The processing unit is adapted to activate one of the cover operation modes of the device when a non-conductive opaque cover element is applied to the device, and the device is adapted to be operated via the touch sensing element through the non-conductive opaque cover element when the cover operation mode of the device is active. A system comprising a device and a cover element is provided. A method for controlling a device comprising a touch sensing element is also provided.


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