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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Christian Klein, Duvall, WA (US);
Roy Henry Berger, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for layout for a touch input surface are described. Generally, the described techniques enable a touch input surface and/or combination of touch input surfaces to be characterized as a single logical input surface. Based on different contextual factors, the single logical input surface can be divided into different touch input zones that can each receive touch input to invoke a different respective functionality. In at least some implementations, different haptic effects can be output to correspond to different touch input zones.