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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Yen-chang Chiu, Taipei County, TW;
Yung-lieh Chien, Taoyuan County, TW;
Zhi-long Wu, Taipei County, TW;
Yen-Chang Chiu, Taipei County, TW;
Yung-Lieh Chien, Taoyuan County, TW;
Zhi-Long Wu, Taipei County, TW;
Elan Microelectronics Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Elan Tech Devices Corporation, Taipei County, TW;
Abstract
In a method for scroll bar control on a touchpad, the fingers touching on the touchpad are detected to start up and terminate a scroll bar control function. In the scroll bar control function, the movement of the finger or fingers touching on the touchpad is detected for scrolling on a window, and the vertical distance and the horizontal distance of the movement are evaluated for determining the scrolling amount of a vertical scroll bar or a horizontal scroll bar of the window.