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DUAL TOUCH PAD INTERFACE FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE

  • US 20120139858A1
  • Filed: 01/11/2012
  • Published: 06/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computing device having a dual touch pad interface comprising:

  • a graphical user interface;

    a first touch pad, which is operably connected to the computing device, that has a plurality of first touch pad sensors arranged in at least one first touch pad shaped layout such that each of the plurality of first touch pad sensors corresponds to a letter from a first subset of a set of letters in an alphabet;

    a second touch pad, which is operably connected to the computing device, that has a plurality of second touch pad sensors arranged in at least one second touch pad shaped layout such that each of the plurality of second touch pad sensors corresponds to a letter from a second subset of the set of letters in the alphabet, the second subset including remaining letters in the alphabet that are distinct from that of the first subset; and

    a processor that (i) receives sensor data from the first touch pad and the second touch pad, (ii) determines a last character in the sensor data received prior to the user removing a digit from the first touch pad or the second touch pad, and (iii) outputs the last character to the graphical user interface.

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