Mechanical overlay
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1. An input control device, comprising:
- a touch sensing device having a touch input area; and
a mechanical overlay provided on or over the touch input area of the touch sensing device, the mechanical overlay having one or more mechanical input mechanisms that provide the touch input to the touch input area via a mechanical action.
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Abstract
Mechanical overlays for placement over touch sensing devices are disclosed. The mechanical overlays include one or more mechanical actuators that provide touch inputs to the touch sensing devices.
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39 Claims
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1. An input control device, comprising:
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a touch sensing device having a touch input area; and
a mechanical overlay provided on or over the touch input area of the touch sensing device, the mechanical overlay having one or more mechanical input mechanisms that provide the touch input to the touch input area via a mechanical action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mechanical overlay for a touch sensing device, the mechanical overlay comprising:
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a base configured for placement on or over a touch sensitive surface of the touch sensing device; and
one or more mechanical actuators that move relative to the base, the motion of the mechanical actuators being configured to cause activation of the touch sensitive surface of the touch sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A mechanical overlay for a touch sensing device, the mechanical overlay comprising:
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a base configured for placement on or over a touch sensitive surface of the touch sensing device; and
one or more mechanical actuators that move relative to the base, the motion of the mechanical actuators being configured to cause activation of the touch sensitive surface of the touch sensing device, the one or more mechanical actuators including at least a button that translates relative to the base between an upright and depressed position, the button activating the touch sensitive surface when the button is moved from the upright to the depressed position. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A computing device, comprising:
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a touch surface provided by one of a touch pad, touch screen or touch sensitive housing;
a mechanical overlay including one or more mechanical actuators that interface with the touch surface in order to generate touch inputs, the touch inputs being used by the computing device to perform actions in the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. An overlay method, comprising:
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determining the identity of a mechanical overlay;
generating touch data when one or more mechanical actuators of the mechanical overlay are moved;
transforming the touch data into control event signals; and
performing one or more actions based on the control event signals.
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32. A method performed in a control input device having a touch sensing device and a mechanical overlay, the method comprising:
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sensing a change in an ID region of the touch sensing device, the change occurring when a new mechanical overlay is positioned over the touch sensing device;
reading the ID signature of the new mechanical overlay when a change is sensed in the ID region; and
registering the ID signature and configuring a host system based on the ID signature.
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33. A control panel, comprising:
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a removable mechanical overlay including a plurality of mechanical actuators selected from at least sliders, buttons, dials or switches; and
a touch sensing device configured to recognize multiple touch event generated by the plurality of actuators at the same time, and to report the multiple touch events to a host computing device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A computing device, comprising:
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a touch sensing device having a touch sensitive surface;
a removable mechanical overlay for placement over the touch sensitive surface, the removable mechanical overlaying including an identification (ID) feature and one or more mechanical actuators for interacting with the touch sensitive surface, wherein the computing device is configured to identify the mechanical overlay via the ID feature of the mechanical overlay, and to configured itself based on the identified mechanical overlay. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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