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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Clas G. Sivertsen, Lilburn, GA (US);
Faycal Guennar, Taipei, TW;
American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A dual touchpad system is provided. The dual touchpad system includes a first touchpad and a second touchpad. The dual touchpad system also includes an input detection unit coupled to the first and second touchpads and configured to monitor the first and second touchpads for user contact thereon. The dual touchpad system also includes a gesture recognition unit configured to control an electronic device in response to receiving input from the input detection unit indicative of detected contact on the first and/or second touchpads to control the electronic device. The first touchpad is spaced apart from and is non-concentric with the second touchpad in embodiments.