Feedback mechanism for user detection of reference location on a sensing device
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1. A method, comprising:
- detecting a presence of a conductive object, manipulated by a user, on a sensing device; and
providing an active feedback of a position of the conductive object to the user to allow detection of a reference location on the sensing device by the user, wherein providing active feedback comprises providing different active feedback for different locations on the sensing device, wherein the sensing device comprises a plurality of button locations on the sensing device, and wherein providing the active feedback comprises providing a different active feedback for each of the plurality of button locations when the position of the conductive object is determined within the different button locations to allow detection of the reference location on the sensing device by the user, wherein the reference location is a defined physical area on the sensing device that provides a user with spatial orientation of the plurality of button locations on the sensing device.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing an active feedback of a position of a conductive object, manipulated by a user on a sensing device, to allow detection of a reference location on the sensing device by the user. The apparatus may include a sensing device to detect a presence of a conductive object, manipulated by a user on the sensing device, a processing device coupled to the sensing device, the processing device to determine a position of the conductive object on the sensing device, and a feedback mechanism coupled to the processing device to provide an active feedback to the user to allow detection of a reference location on the sensing device by the user.
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1. A method, comprising:
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detecting a presence of a conductive object, manipulated by a user, on a sensing device; and providing an active feedback of a position of the conductive object to the user to allow detection of a reference location on the sensing device by the user, wherein providing active feedback comprises providing different active feedback for different locations on the sensing device, wherein the sensing device comprises a plurality of button locations on the sensing device, and wherein providing the active feedback comprises providing a different active feedback for each of the plurality of button locations when the position of the conductive object is determined within the different button locations to allow detection of the reference location on the sensing device by the user, wherein the reference location is a defined physical area on the sensing device that provides a user with spatial orientation of the plurality of button locations on the sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for detecting a presence of a conductive object on a sensing device, manipulated by a user on the means for detecting the presence of the conductive object; and means for providing an active feedback of a position of the conductive object to the user to allow detection of a reference location on the sensing device by the user, wherein the means for providing an active feedback comprises providing different active feedback for different locations on the sensing device, wherein the sensing device comprises a plurality of button locations on the sensing device, and wherein the means for providing the active feedback is configured to provide a different active feedback for each of the plurality of button locations when the position of the conductive object is determined within the different button locations to allow detection of the reference location on the sensing device by the user, wherein the reference location is a defined physical area on the sensing device that provides a user with spatial orientation of the plurality of button locations on the sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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