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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Elan Microelectronics Corporation, HsinChu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION, HsinChu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of changing the identified type of a touching object is provided. The touching object is on a touch pad. The method includes the following steps: (A) when the type of the touching object is determined as a palm, determining the type of the touching object again; (B) when the type of the touching object is determined as a finger in step (A), informing the operating system that the touching object has left the touch pad when the touching object does not leave the touch pad; and (C) after step (B) is done, informing the operating system that the type of the touching object is a finger.