Portable computer and related method for preventing input interruption by write-tracking an input region
US6831631B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/04186
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for a portable computer. The portable computer has a touch panel for sensing a position of pressure exerted by a user. The method includes setting an input region on the touch panel. When the user touches the touch panel after a previous touch, the method includes updating the position of the input region according to the relative displacement between the touches, and controlling the portable computer only according to pressure position inside the input region if the user simultaneously presses inside and outside the input region within the touch panel.
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