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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2016
Applicant:

Motorola Solutions, Inc, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Steven J Kerr, Bayan Lepas, MY;

Goktug Duman, Oakland Park, FL (US);

Assignee:

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G01L 5/228 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0339 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract

A force-scalable stationary interface control is provided. The control includes a knob-like structure including an axis and a fixed surface located at least partially around the axis, and a touch sensor located at least partially around the fixed surface, the touch sensor configured to sense a plurality of different levels of applied pressure and locations of touch input. The control further includes at least one output device. The control further includes a controller configured to: identify a first level of applied pressure sensed at the touch sensor, identify a scrolling action based on a detected change in locations of the touch input sensed at the touch sensor, identify a current scale of the scrolling action based on an identified first level of applied pressure, and control the at least one output device to provide an identified current scale and an identified scrolling action.


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