TOUCH SENSITIVE SURFACE WITH RECESSED SURFACE FEATURE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An electronic device (300) includes a housing (301). A touch sensitive surface (100) can be disposed along the housing. The touch sensitive surface can include a recessed surface feature (106) on a portion of the touch sensitive surface. A control circuit (315), operable with the touch sensitive surface, can detect a predetermined gesture sequence (501, 502, 503) when a touch actuation along the touch sensitive surface interacts with the recessed surface feature.
-
Citations
40 Claims
-
1-20. -20. (canceled)
-
21. :
- An electronic device comprising;
a haptic component configured to deliver a haptic response; a touch-sensitive surface, wherein the touch-sensitive surface includes a recessed feature within a particular area of the touch-sensitive surface; and a control circuit configured to; detect a gesture performed at the particular area of the touch-sensitive surface; determine whether the gesture is a predetermined gesture; and responsive to determining that the gesture is the predetermined gesture; cause the haptic component to deliver the haptic response at the recessed feature; and perform an operation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- An electronic device comprising;
-
29. :
- A method comprising;
detecting, by a control circuit of an electronic device, a gesture performed at a particular area of a touch-sensitive surface of the electronic device, wherein the touch-sensitive surface includes a recessed feature within the particular area of the touch-sensitive surface; determining, by the control circuit, whether the gesture is a predetermined gesture; and responsive to determining that the gesture is the predetermined gesture; causing, by the control circuit, a haptic component of the electronic device to deliver a haptic response at the recessed feature; and performing, by the control circuit, an operation. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
- A method comprising;
-
35. :
- A memory comprising instructions that when executed by a control circuit of an electronic device cause the control circuit to;
detect a gesture performed at a particular area of a touch-sensitive surface of the electronic device, wherein the touch-sensitive surface includes a recessed feature within the particular area of the touch-sensitive surface; determine whether the gesture is a predetermined gesture; and responsive to determining that the gesture is the predetermined gesture; cause a haptic component of the electronic device to deliver a haptic response at the recessed feature; and perform an operation. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
- A memory comprising instructions that when executed by a control circuit of an electronic device cause the control circuit to;
Specification