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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2012
Applicants:

John Weldon Nicholson, Cary, NC (US);

John Miles Hunt, Raleigh, NC (US);

Hiroshi Ito, Sagamihara, JP;

Elif Karakaya, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

John Weldon Nicholson, Cary, NC (US);

John Miles Hunt, Raleigh, NC (US);

Hiroshi Ito, Sagamihara, JP;

Elif Karakaya, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Nicholson, John. (2015). Establishing an input region for sensor input (U.S. Patent No. 9019218). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9019218

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