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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Cirque Corporation, West Valley, UT (US);

Inventors:

Brian Monson, Farmington, UT (US);

Jared Bytheway, Sandy, UT (US);

Jon Bertrand, Taylorsville, UT (US);

Assignee:

Cirque Corporation, Sandy, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/023 (2013.01); G06F 3/0233 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computing device may include a keyboard, a switch in mechanical communication with an underside of a key arranged in the keyboard, a processor, a transmit line electrically connected to the processor, a sense line electrically connected to the processor, and the transmit line and the sense line are selectively connectable through the switch when the key is depressed, memory in communication with the processor, and programmed instructions stored in the memory that, when executed, cause the processor to identify changes in capacitance from the sense line when the key is not depressed, identify a hand gesture performed proximate the keyboard based on the changes in capacitance, and execute an action based on at least one the identification of the hand gesture.


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