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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Faggin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Daniel L. Odell, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Hsu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Anna Ostberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohamed Ashraf Sheik-Nainar, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen Morein, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Jamison, San Jose, CA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided that employ multi-function keys to present a preview of potential actions to be taken by user key presses. The input device includes a plurality of key assemblies having a touch sensitive surface. The processing system can sense when one or more respective key assemblies have been contacted or pressed by the object. When the one or more respective key assemblies has been contacted by the object, an indication of a potential action taken in the program is provided to the user. The method determines whether the one or more respective key assemblies have been contacted or pressed by an object. A potential action to be taken is determined and an indication of the potential action is provided.