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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Applicant:
Kuo-feng Tong, Etobicoke, CA;
Inventor:
Kuo-Feng Tong, Etobicoke, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes detecting a first touch at a first location and a second touch at a second location on a touch-sensitive display, determining a first force value by a first sensor and a second force value by a second sensor, wherein the first force value and the second force value are determined at a time when the first touch and the second touch are both detected, and determining a first applied force value for the first touch and a second applied force value for the second touch based on the first force value and the second force value and based on the first location and the second location.