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System & method for dynamically labeled touch sensitive buttons in a digitizing display

US5589856A · kind A · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Frank L. Stein · Vienna, US
Guy F. Verrier · Boca Raton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 1994
Grant date	Dec 31, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/04886
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for dynamically labeling touch sensitive buttons in a digitizing display. The display is partitioned into a main panel display region and a button panel display region. A touch overlay is also partitioned into a main panel touch region and a main panel display region. A button panel driver program defines button touch areas and button display areas enabling the dynamic labeling and relabeling of the touch sensitive buttons and the simultaneous touching of combinations of the buttons with either a touch input or a stylus input to the overlay.

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