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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2012
John Weldon Nicholson, Cary, NC (US);
John Miles Hunt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Hiroshi Ito, Sagamihara, JP;
Elif Karakaya, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Weldon Nicholson, Cary, NC (US);
John Miles Hunt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Hiroshi Ito, Sagamihara, JP;
Elif Karakaya, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
An apparatus for establishing an input region for sensor input includes a storage device storing machine-readable code and a processor executing the machine-readable code. The machine-readable code includes a recognizing module recognizes a control gesture sensed by a sensor. The machine-readable code includes an establishing module establishes an input region for sensor input in response to the recognition module recognizing the control gesture. The input region includes a confined region of a total sensing area sensed by the sensor.