Invention Application
- Patent Title: Systems, Devices, and Methods for Dynamically Providing User Interface Controls at a Touch-Sensitive Secondary Display
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Application No.: US17705186Application Date: 2022-03-25
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Publication No.: US20220244900A1Publication Date: 2022-08-04
- Inventor: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein , Duncan R. Kerr , John B. Morrell , Lawrence Y. Yang , Eric Lance Wilson , Adam S. Meyer
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Main IPC: G06F3/14
- IPC: G06F3/14 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F3/023 ; G06F3/04883 ; G06F3/048 ; G06F3/04886 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/04817 ; G06F3/04845 ; G06F3/0485 ; G06F3/02 ; G09G5/12

Abstract:
An example method occurs at a computing system comprising one or more processors, memory, a first housing that includes a primary display, and a second housing at least partially containing: (i) a physical keyboard and (ii) a respective key that is adjacent to at least one key of the physical keyboard and the respective key including a fingerprint sensor. The method includes receiving an input at the respective key, and in accordance with a determination that the input at the respective key is an input of a first type, initiating a process for logging out, restarting, and/or powering-off portable computing system. The method also includes that receiving an input at the respective key, and in accordance with a determination that the input at the respective key is an input of a second type, performing an operation associated with a fingerprint detected by the fingerprint sensor associated with the respective key.
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