Input device with programmable strips for performing operations on a display of an electronic device

Abstract

The present invention provides a input device for performing operations on a display of an electronic device, the input device incorporating a body having an internal cavity; plus a first capacitive touch slider disposed in a surface of the housing, the first capacitive touch slider to produce a first signal in response to sliding of a finger in either of two directions; plus a second capacitive touch slider disposed parallel to the first capacitive touch slider in a surface of the housing, the second capacitive touch slider configured to produce a second signal in response to sliding a finger in either of two directions, all communicating with an interface disposed within the internal cavity, wherein the communication interface is operably coupled to the first and second capacitive touch sliders and the programmable depressible button is configured to electronically interface with the display of an electronic device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.