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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Barton A. Smith, Campbell, CA (US);
Shumin Zhai, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Barton A. Smith, Campbell, CA (US);
Shumin Zhai, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) PTE., LTD., Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A touchpad input device is provided that is disposed about at least a portion of at least one outside edge of an electronic device housing. The present invention also provides electronic devices comprising the present touchpad input device. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of sensing user input about an outside edge of an electronic device housing, wherein the user input is detected by a user input detector that relays a signal to a control circuit to be acted upon appropriately.