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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Tactual Labs Co., New York, NY (US);
Clifton Forlines, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
David Holman, Toronto, CA;
Stephen Dennis, Uxbridge, CA;
Ricardo Jorge Jota Costa, Toronto, CA;
Steven Leonard Sanders, New York, NY (US);
David Clark Wilkinson, Austin, TX (US);
Braon Moseley, Round Rock, TX (US);
Bruno Rodrigues De Araujo, Toronto, CA;
Tactual Labs Co., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A touch sensitive keyboard is disclosed. In one embodiment, a touch sensitive keyboard is provided that has a touchpad area separate from the keyboard keys. The keyboard is configured to disabled touchpad sensitivity when certain touch signals are received. In another embodiment, a touch sensitive keyboard is used as a controller. In a controller mode, keys on a touch sensitive keyboard are adapted to output a signal strength corresponding to a distance between the key and a finger operating as a control. In an embodiment, a touch sensitive keyboard includes a processor adapted to output a keystroke in response to one of the plurality of touch sensitive keys being pressed, and to output one or more touch points determined by interpolating signal strength for each of the plurality of touch sensitive keys on the keyboard.