Touch sensor usability enhancement on clamshell notebook
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1. An input device, comprising:
- a touch screen;
a keyboard including a plurality of input keys;
palm rest areas adjacent to the plurality of input keys, wherein the palm rest areas have a first sensor for detecting a presence of a first body part of a user, and a second sensor for detecting a presence of a second body part of the user,wherein the keyboard is enabled in the event the first body part and the second body part are detected,wherein only a portion of the keyboard is configured to be disabled if either the first sensor or the second sensor does not detect the presence of the first body part or the second body part of the user; and
a touchpad disposed on the palm rest areas.
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Abstract
An input device and computing system is provided for a user to input data. An input device may comprise a plurality of input keys, palm rest areas, and a touchpad. The palm rest areas may have a first palm rest area and a second palm rest area with each palm rest area includes a sensor configured to detect a body part of a user. A first sensor may be used for detecting a presence of a first body part of a user. A second sensor may be for detecting a presence of a second body part of a user, such as the left hand of the user. A touchpad may be disposed between the first sensor and the second sensor.
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1. An input device, comprising:
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a touch screen; a keyboard including a plurality of input keys; palm rest areas adjacent to the plurality of input keys, wherein the palm rest areas have a first sensor for detecting a presence of a first body part of a user, and a second sensor for detecting a presence of a second body part of the user, wherein the keyboard is enabled in the event the first body part and the second body part are detected, wherein only a portion of the keyboard is configured to be disabled if either the first sensor or the second sensor does not detect the presence of the first body part or the second body part of the user; and a touchpad disposed on the palm rest areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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enabling a first sensor at a first palm rest area to detect a presence of a first body part of a user; enabling a second sensor at a second palm rest area to detect a presence of a second body part of the user; enabling a keyboard so that the user uses the keyboard to input when the first sensor and the second sensor detect the presence of the first body part and the second body part of the user respectively; and disabling the entire keyboard so that the user cannot use the keyboard to input if either the first sensor or the second sensor does not detect the presence of the first body part or the second body part of the user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer program code comprising:
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computer program code configured to detect a presence of a first body part and a second body part of a user on palm rest areas of an electronic device; computer program code configured to switch a keyboard between a keyboard disabled state and a keyboard enabled state, wherein in the keyboard disabled state at least a part of the keyboard is disabled and wherein in the keyboard enabled state an input function of the keyboard is enabled; computer program code configured to enable the keyboard when detecting a presence of the first body part and a second body part of the user on the palm rest areas of the electronic device; computer program code configured to disable the entire keyboard if both the first body part and the second body part of the user is not detected; and computer program code configured to enable a touch screen when disabling the entire keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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