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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Applicants:
Peigen Jiang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jian Sun, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Peigen Jiang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jian Sun, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer input method is described which comprises providing a plurality of light emitting and receiving devices for detecting one or more touches on a first area of a computer keyboard, coarsely scanning the first area using the plurality of light emitting and receiving devices when no contact on the first area being detected, and densely scanning a second area using a subset of the plurality of light emitting and receiving devices when one or more contact on the first area being detected, the second area being smaller than and situated within the first area.