Touch sensitive control
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1. A method, comprising:
- activating, using a processor, a touch sensitive surface which comprises at least a bezel portion of a display, wherein said bezel portion does not display information and comprises said touch sensitive surface overlaying a hardware device selected from the group consisting of a camera, a microphone, and a speaker;
accepting, using a processor, user input to the bezel portion of the touch sensitive surface, said user input selected from the group consisting of a tap and a swipe; and
controlling, using a processor, the hardware device operatively coupled to the touch sensitive surface in response to the user input in the bezel portion of the display overlaying the hardware device;
wherein the controlling comprises activating the hardware device in response to the user input.
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Abstract
An aspect provides a method, including: activating, using a processor, a touch sensitive surface which comprises at least a bezel portion of a display; accepting, using a processor, user input to the bezel portion of the touch sensitive surface; and controlling, using a processor, an information handling device operatively coupled to the touch sensitive surface in response to touch input in the bezel portion of a display. Other aspects are described and claimed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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activating, using a processor, a touch sensitive surface which comprises at least a bezel portion of a display, wherein said bezel portion does not display information and comprises said touch sensitive surface overlaying a hardware device selected from the group consisting of a camera, a microphone, and a speaker; accepting, using a processor, user input to the bezel portion of the touch sensitive surface, said user input selected from the group consisting of a tap and a swipe; and controlling, using a processor, the hardware device operatively coupled to the touch sensitive surface in response to the user input in the bezel portion of the display overlaying the hardware device; wherein the controlling comprises activating the hardware device in response to the user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An information handling device, comprising:
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a display; one or more hardware devices; a touch sensitive surface which comprises at least a bezel portion of the display wherein said bezel portion of the display does not display information; a processor operatively coupled to the touch sensitive surface; and a memory device that stores instructions accessible to the processor, the instructions being executable by the processor to; activate the touch sensitive surface that comprises at least the bezel portion of the display; accept user input to the bezel portion of the display, wherein said bezel portion comprises said touch sensitive surface overlaying a hardware device of the one or more hardware devices selected from the group consisting of a camera, a microphone, and a speaker; said user input selected from the group consisting of a tap and a swipe; and control at least one of the one or more hardware devices in response to the user input in the bezel portion of the display overlaying the at least one of the hardware devices; wherein the control comprises activating the at least one of the hardware devices in response to the user input. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A product, comprising:
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a non-signal storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising; code that activates a touch sensitive surface of an information handling device which comprises at least a bezel portion of a display, wherein said bezel portion does not display information and comprises said touch sensitive surface overlaying a hardware device selected from the group consisting of a camera, a microphone, and a speaker; code that accepts user input to the bezel portion of the display, said user input selected from the group consisting of a tap and a swipe; and code that controls at least one of the one or more hardware devices in response to the user input in the bezel portion of the display overlaying the hardware device; wherein the control comprises activating the at least one of the hardware devices in response to the user input.
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