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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for activating and using a trackpad at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and no force sensors
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Application No.: US17473781Application Date: 2021-09-13
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Publication No.: US11669243B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Randal J. Marsden
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kubota & Basol LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/04892
- IPC: G06F3/04892 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/04886

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are single-finger gestures for activating a trackpad mode on a touch-sensitive device with no force sensors. An example method includes: displaying a virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive display with a spacebar key and other keys. Detecting a first extended contact over the virtual keyboard and, in accordance with a determination that the first extended contact is over any of the respective displayed representations of the other keys, interpreting the first extended contact as a keyboard input and activating a corresponding extended keyboard function. The method also includes: detecting a second extended contact over the virtual keyboard. The method further includes: in accordance with a determination that the second extended contact is over a respective displayed representation of the spacebar key, interpreting the second extended contact as a mode-switching input that causes the electronic device to operate at least a portion of the touch-sensitive display as a trackpad.
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