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Touch pad with symbols based on mode

  • US 9,367,151 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2014
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A clickable trackpad, including:

  • a touch surface configured for detecting multiple touches occurring on the trackpad at about the same time;

    at least one depressible mechanical button capable of being activated by pressure at the touch surface; and

    a processor capable ofdesignating a plurality of regions on the touch surface as click regions,detecting a mechanical click of the trackpad due to an application of pressure anywhere on the touch surface, the mechanical click itself being nondeterminative of a location of a touch on the touch surface,detecting a touch at about the same time as the detection of the mechanical click,determining the click region at which the touch was detected, anddetermining an operation to be performed in accordance with the determined click region.

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