Computer input device
OwnerPeigen Jianginventor
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Abstract
A computer input device is disclosed which comprised a keyboard having a plurality of keys for entering commands and characters into the computer, a touch senor for detecting one or more touches by one or more objects on a surface area of the plurality of keys, and an input processor coupled to both the keyboard and the touch senor, where the input processor is configured to switch the computer input device to a mouse mode when the touch senor having detected one of the plurality of keys being touched prior to the key being pressed, and the input processor is configured to switch the computer input device to a keyboard mode when the touch sensor having detected one of the plurality of keys being touched and pressed at approximately the same starting time.
Claims18
A computer input device comprising:
- a keyboard having a plurality of keys for entering commands and characters into the computer;
- a touch senor for detecting one or more touches by one or more objects on a surface area of the plurality of keys;
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- an input processor coupled to both the keyboard and the touch senor,
- where the input processor is configured to switch the computer input device to a mouse mode when the touch senor having detected one of the plurality of keys being touched prior to the key being pressed, and the input processor is configured to switch the computer input device to a keyboard mode when the touch sensor having detected one of the plurality of keys being touched and pressed at approximately the same starting time.
A computer input device comprising:
- a keyboard having a plurality of keys for entering commands and characters into the computer, the keyboard having a designated surface area overlaying the plurality of keys, at least one of the plurality of keys being located outside of the designated surface area;
- a touch senor for detecting one or more touches by one or more objects on the designated surface area of the keyboard;
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- an input processor coupled to both the keyboard and the touch senor,
- wherein the input processor is configured to switch the computer input device to a mouse mode when the touch senor having detected a key within the designated surface area being touched prior to the key being pressed, and the input processor is configured to switch the computer input device to a keyboard mode when the touch sensor having detected a key in the designated surface area being touched and pressed at approximately the same starting time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.