SWITCHABLE SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing a portable electronic device with an input device,the input device comprising a plurality of sensor elements, andswitching between a first detection mode and a second detection mode, whereinin the first detection mode, each of the plurality of sensor elements is enabled, andin the second detection mode, a subset of the plurality of sensor elements arranged according to an input pattern is enabled.
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Abstract
An input device with switchable sensor configurations. In one embodiment, the input device can switch between a sensor configuration in which each of its sensor elements is enabled to sense input and a sensor configuration in which only a subset of its sensor elements are enabled to sense input. In another embodiment, the input device can switch between a sensor configuration in which each of its sensor elements is enabled to sense input and a sensor configuration in which one or more groupings of its sensor elements are enabled to collectively sense input. In a further embodiment, the input device can operate in a detection mode that switches between sensor configurations to determine a position of an input.
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23 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a portable electronic device with an input device, the input device comprising a plurality of sensor elements, and switching between a first detection mode and a second detection mode, wherein in the first detection mode, each of the plurality of sensor elements is enabled, and in the second detection mode, a subset of the plurality of sensor elements arranged according to an input pattern is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An input device comprising:
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a plurality of sensor elements arranged relative to a surface of a device, and a controller, wherein the device is moveable between a first device orientation and a second device orientation, when the device is oriented in the first device orientation, the controller enables a first subset of the plurality of sensor elements to sense input, the first subset being arranged according to an input pattern having a first relative orientation to a user of the device, and when the device is oriented in the second device orientation, the controller enables a second subset of the plurality of sensor elements to sense input, the second subset being arranged according to the input pattern having the first relative orientation to the user of the device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method, comprising:
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providing a portable electronic device with an input device, the input device comprising a plurality of sensor elements arranged relative to a surface of the portable electronic device, and switching between a first detection mode and a second detection mode to determine a position of an input applied to the input device, wherein in the first detection mode, each of a first one or more groupings of the plurality of sensor elements is enabled to collectively sense input, and in the second detection mode, each of a second one or more groupings of the plurality of sensor elements is enabled to collectively sense input. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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providing a portable electronic device comprising an input device comprising multiple sensor elements, enabling a first set of the multiple sensor elements in a first detection mode, and enabling a second set of the multiple sensor elements in a second detection mode, the second set of the multiple sensors being arranged according to an input pattern. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An input device comprising:
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multiple sensor elements arranged relative to a surface of a device, the device being moveable between a first orientation and a second orientation, a controller, the controller enabling a first set of the sensor elements to sense input when the device is in the first orientation and enabling a second set of the sensor elements to sense input when the device is in the second orientation, the first set of sensor elements being arranged according to a first input pattern and the second set of sensor elements being arranged according to a second input pattern, the first input pattern and the second input pattern being similar, whereby similar patterns of enabled sensors are presented to a user of the device when the device is in the first orientation and when the device is in the second orientation.
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