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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Torbjorn Hovden, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark Andrew Huie, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thuy Thanh Bich Le, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Phillip Frank Acker, Jr., San Mateo, CA (US);
Torbjorn Hovden, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark Andrew Huie, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thuy Thanh Bich Le, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Phillip Frank Acker, Jr., San Mateo, CA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A proximity sensor device and method is provided that facilitates orientation changes in displays. The proximity sensor device and method provide a user with the ability to indicate an orientation change in a display using the sensing region of a proximity sensor device as a user interface. In one specific embodiment, proximity sensor device is implemented to indicate an orientation change in a first way responsive to detected object motion along the sensing region in a first direction, and is further implemented to indicate an orientation change in a second way responsive to detected object motion along the sensing region in a second direction. Thus, a user can cause orientation changes of different ways through the use of object motions in different directions along the sensing region.