公开(公告)号：US20220206683A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17606993

申请日：2019-05-19

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Masaaki FUKUMOTO ,  Paul KOS ,  Nicolas SCHMITT ,  Go OSAKI ,  Kelong ZHAO ,  Chun Lai ZHANG ,  Chunde LIU ,  Hao ZHUANG ,  Shuling CHEN ,  Yu YU ,  Qing FENG

IPC: G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0489

Abstract: Implementations of the subject matter described herein provide a keyboard and an electronic device. The keyboard comprises a touch-sensitive region configured to send an indication of a position of a touch to the electronic device. The electronic device may display a menu including a plurality of configurable menu items. A shape of the menu matches a shape of the touch-sensitive region, and the menu item corresponding to the touch position may be highlighted, such that the user may acknowledge the touch position without looking at the keyboard. In this case, input efficiency may be improved in case of selecting menu items, since the user does not need to divert its sight from the display to the keyboard or the pointing device.