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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Arthur, San Jose, CA (US);
Jerry Shao, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems and devices are described for determining positional information and force information for input objects using an input device. The various embodiments provide improved user interface functionality by detecting positional information and force information at a sensing surface having a configurable sub-region, and operating the input device in either a touchpad mode or a keypad mode based on whether the force information exceeds a threshold value.