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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2006
David W. Gillespie, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy P. Allen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ralph C. Wolf, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shawn P. Day, San Jose, CA (US);
David W. Gillespie, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy P. Allen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ralph C. Wolf, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shawn P. Day, San Jose, CA (US);
Synaptics, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of generating cursor motion signals for improved usability is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises detecting object motion in a sensing region and providing cursor motion signals in accordance with cursor motion values generated responsive to continuation of the object motion in the inner region. This embodiment further comprises providing cursor motion signals configured to generate cursor motion that combines incremental cursor motion with additional cursor motion responsive to the object moving from the inner region into the outer region, where the incremental cursor motion comprises motion toward an edge of the display correlating to an edge of the sensing region proximate the object, and where the additional cursor motion comprises cursor motion indicated by cursor motion values generated responsive to continuation of the object motion in the outer region of the sensing region.