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US 2014/0152581 A1Published application
Force as a device action modifier
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsMichaela Rose Case, Aaron Michael Stewart, Thomas John Sluchak
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Abstract
An aspect provides a method, including: receiving force input in a z direction with respect to a planar surface of an input device of an information handling device; measuring the force input at the input device; and modifying one or more actions of the information handling device commensurate with the measured force input; wherein the one or more actions are associated with input along the planar surface. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- receiving force input in a z direction with respect to a planar surface of an input device of an information handling device;
- measuring the force input at the input device;
- and
- modifying one or more actions of the information handling device commensurate with the measured force input;
- wherein the one or more actions are associated with input along the planar surface.
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An information handling device, comprising:
- a input device having a planar surface;
- a force sensor coupled to the planar input device;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- detecting, at the force sensor, a force input in a z direction with respect to the planar surface of the input device;
- measuring the force input at the input device based on the force input;
- and
- modifying one or more actions of the information handling device commensurate with the measured force input;
- wherein the one or more actions are associated with input along the planar surface.
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A program product, comprising:
- a storage medium having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code comprising:
- computer program code configured to receive force input in a z direction with respect to a planar surface of an input device of an information handling device;
- computer program code configured to measure the force input at the input device;
- and
- computer program code configured to modify one or more actions of the information handling device commensurate with the measured force input;
- wherein the one or more actions are associated with input along the planar surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.