Computer with unified touch surface for input
First Claim
1. A computing device comprising:
- a display portion including a display area;
a base portion coupled to the display portion;
a touch-sensitive surface of an input area included in the base portion, the touch-sensitive surface of the input area having a surface area greater than half of a surface area of the display area of the display portion, the input area being a non-display area;
a zone module configured to;
partition the input area into a first zone and a second zone, the first zone including a first subset of the surface area of the touch-sensitive surface, and the second zone including a second subset of the surface area of the touch-sensitive surface, the second zone being different from the first zone;
correlate a first section of the display area with the first zone based on a first application running on the computing device, the correlation providing a relative positioning between the first section of the display area and the first zone; and
correlate a second section of the display area with the second zone based on a second application running on the computing device, the second section being different from the first section, the correlation providing a relative positioning between the second section of the display area and the second zone;
a touch detection module configured to;
detect a first interaction of a user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone, the detected first interaction identifying a first plurality of indicators of pressure associated with a first plurality of indicators of interactions of the user with a first plurality of locations of the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone; and
detect a second interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the second zone, the detected second interaction identifying a second plurality of indicators of pressure associated with a second plurality of indicators of interactions of the user with a second plurality of locations of the touch-sensitive surface included in the second zone;
an interaction profile detection module configured to;
select a first interaction profile to associate with the first zone, the selection based on the detected first interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone; and
select a second interaction profile to associate with the second zone, the selection based on the detected second interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the second zone; and
an input mode selection module configured to;
associate a first input mode with the first zone based on the first interaction profile;
associate a second input mode with the second zone based on the second interaction profile;
determine a first dynamic scaling between the display area and the touch-sensitive surface of the input area based on the first input mode; and
determine a second dynamic scaling between the display area and the touch-sensitive surface of the input area based on the second input mode.
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Abstract
In one general aspect, a method can include receiving a plurality of indicators of interactions of a user with a plurality of locations of a touch-sensitive surface of an input area included in a base portion of a computing device. The method further includes receiving a plurality of indicators of pressure associated with at least a portion of the plurality of interactions, selecting a first interaction profile based on a first portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions and based on a first portion of the plurality of indicators of pressure, associating a first input mode with the first portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions based on the first interaction profile. The method still further includes associating a second input mode with a second portion of the plurality of indicators of interactions based on a second interaction profile different from the first interaction profile.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing device comprising:
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a display portion including a display area; a base portion coupled to the display portion; a touch-sensitive surface of an input area included in the base portion, the touch-sensitive surface of the input area having a surface area greater than half of a surface area of the display area of the display portion, the input area being a non-display area; a zone module configured to; partition the input area into a first zone and a second zone, the first zone including a first subset of the surface area of the touch-sensitive surface, and the second zone including a second subset of the surface area of the touch-sensitive surface, the second zone being different from the first zone; correlate a first section of the display area with the first zone based on a first application running on the computing device, the correlation providing a relative positioning between the first section of the display area and the first zone; and correlate a second section of the display area with the second zone based on a second application running on the computing device, the second section being different from the first section, the correlation providing a relative positioning between the second section of the display area and the second zone; a touch detection module configured to; detect a first interaction of a user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone, the detected first interaction identifying a first plurality of indicators of pressure associated with a first plurality of indicators of interactions of the user with a first plurality of locations of the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone; and detect a second interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the second zone, the detected second interaction identifying a second plurality of indicators of pressure associated with a second plurality of indicators of interactions of the user with a second plurality of locations of the touch-sensitive surface included in the second zone; an interaction profile detection module configured to; select a first interaction profile to associate with the first zone, the selection based on the detected first interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone; and select a second interaction profile to associate with the second zone, the selection based on the detected second interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the second zone; and an input mode selection module configured to; associate a first input mode with the first zone based on the first interaction profile; associate a second input mode with the second zone based on the second interaction profile; determine a first dynamic scaling between the display area and the touch-sensitive surface of the input area based on the first input mode; and determine a second dynamic scaling between the display area and the touch-sensitive surface of the input area based on the second input mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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3. An apparatus, comprising:
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a display portion including a display area; a base portion coupled to the display portion; a touch-sensitive surface of an input area included in the base portion, the input area being a non-display area, the base portion excluding a mechanical keyboard, and the display portion being positioned relative to the base portion such that the input area and the display area do not overlay one another when a user is interacting with the input area; a touch detection module configured to; detect a first interaction of a user with the touch-sensitive surface of the input area, the detected first interaction identifying a first plurality of indicators of pressure associated with a first plurality of indicators of interactions of the user with a first plurality of locations of the touch-sensitive surface; and subsequent to detecting the first interaction, detect a second interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface of the input area, the detected second interaction identifying a second plurality of indicators of pressure associated with a second plurality of indicators of interactions of the user with a second plurality of locations of the touch-sensitive surface, the second interaction being different from the first interaction; and an input mode selection module configured to; determine a first input mode of operation for the apparatus based on the detected first interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface of the input area; subsequent to determining the first input mode of operation, determine a second input mode of operation for the apparatus based on the detected second interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface the input area, the second input mode of operation being different from the first input mode of operation; determine a first dynamic scaling between the display area and the touch-sensitive surface of the input area based on the determined first input mode of operation; and determine a second dynamic scaling between the display area and the touch-sensitive surface of the input area based on the determined second input mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 20)
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12. A computing device comprising:
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a display portion including a display area; a base portion coupled to the display portion; a touch-sensitive surface of an input area included in the base portion, the touch-sensitive surface of the input area having a surface area greater than half of a surface area of the display area of the display portion, the input area being a non-display area, and the display portion being positioned relative to the base portion such that the input area and the display area do not overlay one another when a user is interacting with the input area; a zone module configured to; partition the input area into at least a first zone and a second zone, the first zone including a first subset of the surface area of the touch-sensitive surface, and the second zone including a second subset of the surface area of the touch-sensitive surface, the second zone being different from the first zone; correlate a first section of the display area with the first zone based on a first application running on the computing device, the correlation providing a relative positioning between the first section of the display area and the first zone; and correlate an interaction of a user at a location of the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone with content rendered in the first section of the display area; and an input mode selection module configured to; detect the interaction of the user at the location of the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone; determine an input mode of operation for the computing device based on the detected interaction of the user with the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone; determine a dynamic scaling between the display area and the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone based on the determined input mode of operation; and provide the detected interaction of the user at the location of the touch-sensitive surface included in the first zone as input to the first application. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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