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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chris Rehn, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03543 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device and method for use with an electronic system include a chassis having an interactive region; an input surface configured to deflect relative to the chassis in response to applied force, the input surface having a first region and a second region; and a processor communicatively coupled to the input surface and configured to disambiguate the first and second regions based on interaction between the input surface and the interactive region.