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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Cirque Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
Richard D. Woolley, Orem, UT (US);
Paul H. Glad, Taylorsville, UT (US);
Assignee:
Cirque Corporation, West Valley, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for enabling an entire touchpad surface to mechanically move if sufficient force is used to press on the touchpad to perform a mouse click function, such as a right click or a left click, when the touchpad is mechanically buttonless, such as a forcepad, in order to provide haptic feedback on a touchpad that otherwise has none.