Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Touch sensor integrated with a keyboard spacebar
- Patent Title (中): 触摸传感器与键盘空格键集成在一起
-
Application No.: US13561376Application Date: 2012-07-30
-
Publication No.: US08810519B2Publication Date: 2014-08-19
- Inventor: Mark F. Valentine , David B. Cranfill , Michael F. Olley
- Applicant: Mark F. Valentine , David B. Cranfill , Michael F. Olley
- Applicant Address: US IL Libertyville
- Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Libertyville
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02

Abstract:
A touch sensor integrated with a keyboard spacebar. A touchpad zone can be defined on a portion of a planar surface of a spacebar. The touchpad zone can be configured to detect movement of a human appendage across the touchpad zone, or above the touchpad zone, and generate a corresponding signal from the keyboard that causes corresponding movement of a cursor presented on a display. In another embodiment, a touchpad can be positioned over the spacebar. The touchpad can be slidably engaged to the keyboard to facilitate user positioning of the touchpad over a desired portion of the spacebar.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140028564A1 TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED WITH A KEYBOARD SPACEBAR Public/Granted day:2014-01-30
Information query