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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2024
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dongeek Shin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A user device includes a touchpad having touch sensors configured to detect user interactions. Initially, the user device is configured to activate each touch sensor of the touchpad based on a default probability such that the activated touch sensors are provided power and are able to detect user interactions. Based on receiving a first user interaction, the user device arranges the touch sensors of the touchpad into groups and assigns each group a corresponding probability. For each touch sensor in each of these groups, the user devices determines whether to activate or not activate the touch sensor based on the probability corresponding to the group of the touch sensor. In response to determining that a touch sensor is to be activated, the user device provides power to the touch sensor such that the touch sensor is able to detect user interactions.