公开(公告)号：US09886108B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US14898827

申请日：2013-07-22

Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

Inventor： Stacy L Wolff ,  Ilchan Lee ,  Christine I Harper ,  Evan Joel Wilson ,  John P McCarthy ,  Rick (Ricky) Thomas Burks

IPC: G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0489 ,  G06F3/038

CPC classification number: G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/0489 ,  G06F2203/04809 ,  H04M2250/22

Abstract: Examples of a multi-region touchpad are disclosed. In one example implementation, a multi-region touchpad may include a multi-region touchpad sensor having a region and a secondary region to receive an input corresponding to a movement against the multi-region touchpad sensor and a touchpad controller. The touchpad controller may process the received input, and may transmit touch position indicative of the received input to a touchpad driver of a computing device communicatively coupled to the touchpad device. Further, the touchpad driver may cause an operating system of the computing device to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the primary region and extending into the secondary region as a continuous touch. Similarly, the touchpad driver may cause the operating system to treat a touch with a touch position beginning in the secondary region as a navigational command to cause the operating system to perform a navigational function.