Continuous Scrolling Using Touch Pad
AssigneeSemtech Corporation
InventorVictor Marten
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Abstract
A method for evoking the scrolling and panning operations utilizing the touch pad is disclosed, characterized by the ability to perform continuous scrolling or panning, with user selectable trade-off between the speed and accuracy.
Claims10
A method for use with a touch pad having an area and a periphery and a graphical user interface, and with first and second predefined areas which together comprise the periphery of the touch pad, the first and second predefined areas comprising less than all of the area of the touch pad and thereby surrounding a third predefined central area, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a finger-down event in the first predefined area;
- detecting, in the absence of a finger-up event, movement of the finger in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction about the periphery of the touch pad and within the first and second predetermined areas;
- and
- carrying out scrolling or panning within the graphical user interface in an ever-increasing manner so long as the clockwise or counterclockwise movement continues.
A method for use with a touch pad having an area and a graphical user interface, and with a first predefined area of the touch pad, the first predefined area comprising less than all of the area of the touch pad, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a finger-down event in the first predefined area;
- detecting, in the absence of a finger-up event, movement of the finger in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction at the touch pad;
- and
- carrying out scrolling or panning within the graphical user interface in an ever-increasing manner so long as the clockwise or counterclockwise movement continues.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.