Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse butt

Details Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse butt Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse butt

1996-02-28

1998-10-20

Brier, Jeffery

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display peripheral interface input device

Touch panel

345157, G09G 500, G09G 508

Patent

active

058253521

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.

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