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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Hafid Hamadene, Forest Park, IL (US);
Roger J. Jellicoe, Woodstock, IL (US);
Donald W Zerrien, Palatine, IL (US);
Lawrence John Chapa, Libertyville, IL (US);
Hafid Hamadene, Forest Park, IL (US);
Roger J. Jellicoe, Woodstock, IL (US);
Donald W Zerrien, Palatine, IL (US);
Lawrence John Chapa, Libertyville, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a hand-held device including a split touch sensitive input surface, the touch sensitive input surface including a first touch sensitive array, which has a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device, and a second touch sensitive array which has a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device. The second touch sensitive array is separate from the first touch sensitive array and is located on a common side with the first touch sensitive array. The hand-held device further includes a display visible from an exterior surface of the device, which is different from the exterior side interface surface where the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are located, where the current relative position of an end of a respective pointer interacting with each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are illustrated on respective display areas of the display by a display controller coupled to the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array, and the display.