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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2009
Daniel Rosenfeld, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Westhues, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;
Nicolas Villar, Cambridge, GB;
Hrvoje Benko, Seattle, WA (US);
John Helmes, Cambridge, GB;
Kurt Allen Jenkins, Sammamish, WA (US);
Daniel Rosenfeld, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Westhues, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shahram Izadi, Cambridge, GB;
Nicolas Villar, Cambridge, GB;
Hrvoje Benko, Seattle, WA (US);
John Helmes, Cambridge, GB;
Kurt Allen Jenkins, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed herein that are related to input devices with curved multi-touch surfaces. One disclosed embodiment comprises a touch-sensitive input device having a curved geometric feature comprising a touch sensor, the touch sensor comprising an array of sensor elements integrated into the curved geometric feature and being configured to detect a location of a touch made on a surface of the curved geometric feature.