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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
James W. Scott, Cambridge, GB;
Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;
Stephen E. Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
Daniel a Rosenfeld, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael G. Molloy, Caxton, GB;
James W. Scott, Cambridge, GB;
Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;
Stephen E. Hodges, Cambridge, GB;
Daniel A Rosenfeld, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael G. Molloy, Caxton, GB;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for providing a user input to a device through sensing of user-applied forces are described. A user applies forces to a rigid body as if to deform it and these applied forces are detected by force sensors in or on the rigid body. The resultant force on the rigid body is determined from the sensor data and this resultant force is used to identify a user input. In an embodiment, the user input may be a user input to a software program running on the device. In an embodiment the rigid body is the rigid case of a computing device which includes a display and which is running the software program.