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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian Klein, Duvall, WA (US);
Rob Disano, Seattle, WA (US);
Ken M. Sadahiro, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregg Wygonik, Duvall, WA (US);
Roy Berger, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert D. Steen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In one example, a method for detecting input can include detecting a capacitive pattern from a physical object and detecting that the physical object is a passive physical object. The method can also include determining a plurality of characteristics corresponding to the passive physical object based on the capacitive pattern, wherein the plurality of characteristics comprise a type of the physical object and a capability of the physical object. Additionally, the method can include modifying an application manager to detect input from the passive physical object based on the plurality of characteristics and modifying a user interface setting detected from the capacitive pattern.