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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2024
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eliyahu Barel, Rosh-HaAyin, IL;
Ahia Peretz, Elkana, IL;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Keyboard and trackpad configurations and related methods utilize data from one or more bending sensors to determine a force applied to the touch receiving surface. In one example, a method for determining a force applied to a touch receiving surface of a force-sensing trackpad in a keyboard includes using at least data from a bending sensor to determine that the keyboard is bending. At least on condition of determining that the keyboard is bending, the method includes adjusting a spring constant value to an adjusted spring constant value, and using the adjusted spring constant value to determine the force applied to the touch receiving surface.