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Computing devices having swiping interfaces and methods of operating the same

  • US 10,209,821 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2017
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing device, comprising:

  • a first housing;

    a display disposed within the first housing;

    a first plurality of touch cells disposed within the first housing, in a linear arrangement outside of the display, wherein the first plurality of touch cells respectively emit a first plurality of signals through a first surface of the first housing;

    a processor; and

    a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

    receive a first plurality of touch input signals from the first plurality of touch cells; and

    operate the computing device in accordance with the first plurality of touch input signals,wherein, in one of a plurality of modes, the first plurality of touch input signals corresponds to a swiping input detected by the first plurality of touch cells along an edge portion of the first surface of the first housing, a pattern of the swiping input corresponding to a previously stored code to unlock the computing device from a standby state or an off state.

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