Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse buttons and mouse operations on a touch sensor pad
US5825352A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/04808
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Method and apparatus for detecting an operative coupling between one or more fingers or other appropriate objects and a touch pad includes processes for detection of multiple maxima with intermediate minima in appropriate sequences to emulate the operations of cursor control and button actuations in a pointing and control device.
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