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Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse buttons and mouse operations on a touch sensor pad
Stephen J. Bisset,Bernard Kasser +1 more
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In this article, a method and apparatus for detecting an operative coupling between one or more fingers or other appropriate objects and a touch pad includes processes for detection of multiple maxima with intermediate minima in appropriate sequences to emulate the operations of cursor control and button actuations in a pointing and control device.Abstract:
Method and apparatus for detecting an operative coupling between one or more fingers or other appropriate objects and a touch pad includes processes for detection of multiple maxima with intermediate minima in appropriate sequences to emulate the operations of cursor control and button actuations in a pointing and control device.read more
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Steve Hotelling,Joshua A. Strickon,Brian Q. Huppi,Imran Chaudhri,Greg Christie,Bas Ording,Duncan Robert Kerr,Jonathan P. Ive +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors described a system for processing touch inputs with respect to a multipoint sensing device and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multi-point sensing device.
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Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y direction from the matrix, and determining an occurrence of a single gesture through an examination of the capacitance profile, the single gesture including an application of at least two objects on the capacitive sensor pad.
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TL;DR: In this article, an intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions.
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Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y direction from the matrix, and determining an occurrence of a single gesture through an examination of the capacitance profile, the single gesture including an application of at least two objects on the capacitive sensor pad.
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Object position detector
Robert J. Miller,Stephen Bisset +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a sensor matrix array has a characteristic capacitance between horizontal and vertical conductors connected to sensor pads, and the capacitance changes as a function of the proximity of an object or objects to the sensor matrix.
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Methods and apparatus for data input
TL;DR: In this article, a plurality of electrode strips (130, 170) are connected to form virtual dipole electrodes (180, 190) which are responsive to the object's position.
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Touch sensitive control device
TL;DR: A touch sensitive control device translates touch location into output signals as mentioned in this paper, which can be used to control the position of a cursor on a display screen or to make selected function commands.
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Pressure sensitive scrollbar feature
TL;DR: In this article, a sensor matrix array has a characteristic capacitance on horizontal and vertical conductors connected to sensor pads, and the capacitance changes as a function of the proximity of an object or objects to the sensor matrix.