Rick A Thomas

US Patent:

20160124532, May 5, 2016

Filed:

Jul 22, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/898827

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
ILCHAN LEE - HOUSTON TX, US
CHRISTINE I. HARPER - HOUSTON TX, US
EVAN JOEL WILSON - SUNNYVAL CA, US
JOHN P McCARTHY - PALO ALTO CA, US
RICK (RICKY) THOMAS BURKS - HOUSTON TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0354
G06F 3/0489
G06F 3/0484
G06F 3/0488
G06F 3/0482

Abstract:

Examples of a multi-region touchpad are disclosed. In one example implementation, a multi-region touchpad may include a multi-region touchpad sensor having a region and a secondary region to receive an input corresponding to a movement against the multi-region touchpad sensor and a touchpad controller. The touchpad controller may process the received input, and may transmit touch position indicative of the received input to a touchpad driver of a computing device communicatively coupled to the touchpad device. Further, the touchpad driver may cause an operating system of the computing device to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the primary region and extending into the secondary region as a continuous touch. Similarly, the touchpad driver may cause the operating system to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the secondary region as a navigational command to cause the operating system to perform a navigational function.