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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Andreas Dorfner, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/043 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system with a processing system, an input device integrated within the processing system and coupled with the processing system, and a sensor arrangement integrated with the processing system and configured to monitor an area above the input device, and a controller coupled with the sensor arrangement to detect predefined input actions, wherein the controller is coupled with the processing system and wherein the predefined input actions are combined with inputs from the input device.