Wireless communication device and split touch sensitive user input surface
First Claim
1. A hand-held device including:
- a split touch sensitive input surface comprising;
a first touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device located on an exterior side interface surface of the hand-held device; and
a second touch sensitive array separate from the first touch sensitive array, and commonly located on the same exterior side interface surface of the hand-held device with the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device; and
a display visible from an exterior surface of the device, which is different from the exterior side interface surface where the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are located;
wherein the current relative position of an end of a respective pointer interacting with each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are illustrated on respective display areas of the display by a display controller coupled to the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array, and the display; and
wherein a portion of each of the respective display areas of the display overlap, thereby creating a virtual overlapping zone of interaction, that does not correspond to any actual overlapping of the first touch sensitive array relative to the second touch sensitive array but that is commonly accessible through an interaction a portion of each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a hand-held device including a split touch sensitive input surface, the touch sensitive input surface including a first touch sensitive array, which has a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device, and a second touch sensitive array which has a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device. The second touch sensitive array is separate from the first touch sensitive array and is located on a common side with the first touch sensitive array. The hand-held device further includes a display visible from an exterior surface of the device, which is different from the exterior side interface surface where the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are located, where the current relative position of an end of a respective pointer interacting with each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are illustrated on respective display areas of the display by a display controller coupled to the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array, and the display.
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17 Claims
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1. A hand-held device including:
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a split touch sensitive input surface comprising; a first touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device located on an exterior side interface surface of the hand-held device; and a second touch sensitive array separate from the first touch sensitive array, and commonly located on the same exterior side interface surface of the hand-held device with the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device; and a display visible from an exterior surface of the device, which is different from the exterior side interface surface where the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are located; wherein the current relative position of an end of a respective pointer interacting with each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are illustrated on respective display areas of the display by a display controller coupled to the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array, and the display; and wherein a portion of each of the respective display areas of the display overlap, thereby creating a virtual overlapping zone of interaction, that does not correspond to any actual overlapping of the first touch sensitive array relative to the second touch sensitive array but that is commonly accessible through an interaction a portion of each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A split touch sensitive input surface comprising:
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a first touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device; and a second touch sensitive array separate from the first touch sensitive array, and located on a common side with the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device; and wherein at least one of the first touch sensitive array or the second touch sensitive array includes a force sensor adapted for detecting the relative force the corresponding one of the first pointer device or the second pointer device is engaging the respective touch sensitive array.
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14. A hand-held device comprising:
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a split touch sensitive input surface coupled to the controller including a first touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device, and a second touch sensitive array separate from the first touch sensitive array, and located on a common side with the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device; a display visible from an exterior surface of the device, which is different from the exterior side interface surface where the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are located; wherein the current relative position of an end of a respective pointer interacting with each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are illustrated on respective display areas of the display by a display controller coupled to the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array, and the display; and wherein a boundary of each of the respective display areas corresponding to each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array can be separately mapped and adjusted to a particular portion of the display, and can have a different scaling factor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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Specification