Equipment and method for controlling a wireless communication terminal
First Claim
1. A sensor pad to be worn by a user and operated by the user to control a separate wireless communication terminal carried by the user, the sensor pad comprising:
- a plurality of discrete sensors each operable to produce an indication signal indicating proximity of the user'"'"'s finger to the sensor;
a controller configured to, responsive to receipt of indication signals from a plurality of the sensors, produce a control signal to control a function of the wireless communication terminal; and
a flexible substrate holding the plurality of discrete sensors and the controller;
wherein the sensors are operable to detect proximity of the user'"'"'s fingers when adjacent to a first face of the flexible substrate and the controller is held adjacent to a second face of the flexible substrate.
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Abstract
A sensor pad (105) is adapted to be worn and operated by a user (100) to control a separate wireless communication terminal (103) carried by the user. The sensor pad includes a plurality of discrete sensors each operable to produce an indication signal indicating proximity of a user'"'"'s finger to the sensor and a controller, responsive to receipt of indication signals from a plurality of the sensors, to produce a control signal for delivery to the wireless communication terminal to produce selection of a functional operation of the wireless communication terminal. Also described is a terminal for use with the sensor pad and also equipment and a method of operation.
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19 Claims
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1. A sensor pad to be worn by a user and operated by the user to control a separate wireless communication terminal carried by the user, the sensor pad comprising:
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a plurality of discrete sensors each operable to produce an indication signal indicating proximity of the user'"'"'s finger to the sensor; a controller configured to, responsive to receipt of indication signals from a plurality of the sensors, produce a control signal to control a function of the wireless communication terminal; and a flexible substrate holding the plurality of discrete sensors and the controller; wherein the sensors are operable to detect proximity of the user'"'"'s fingers when adjacent to a first face of the flexible substrate and the controller is held adjacent to a second face of the flexible substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A sensor pad to be worn by a user and operated by the user to control a separate wireless communication terminal carried by the user, the sensor pad comprising:
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a plurality of discrete sensors each operable to produce an indication signal indicating proximity of a complementary input device to the sensor; a controller configured to, responsive to receipt of indication signals from a plurality of the sensors produce a control signal to control a function of the wireless communication terminal; and a flexible substrate holding the plurality of discrete sensors and the controller; wherein the sensors are operable to detect proximity of the complementary input device when adjacent to a first face of the flexible substrate and the controller is held adjacent to a second face of the flexible substrate. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of manufacturing a sensor pad to be worn by a user and operated by the user to control a separate wireless communication terminal carried by the user, the method comprising:
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forming a plurality of discrete sensors at a first face of a flexible substrate, each sensor producing an indication signal indicating proximity of an input device to the sensor when the input device is adjacent the first face of the flexible substrate; disposing a controller at a second face of the flexible substrate that, responsive to receipt of indication signals from a plurality of the sensors, produces a control signal to control a function of the wireless communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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