Integrating multiple different touch based inputs
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsMatthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Howard Locker, John Weldon Nicholson, Matthew Price Roper
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Abstract
For integrating multiple different touch based inputs, a method is disclosed that includes detecting a pressure at a screen pressure module, enabling a first touch module based on the pressure exceeding a pressure threshold value, and integrating input from a second touch module and the first touch module, the input from the first touch module and the second touch module being concurrently received.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a screen;
- a first touch module configured to detect, at the screen, a touch based on a first touch sensor type;
- a second touch module configured to detect, at the screen, a touch based on a second touch sensor type, the second touch sensor type being different that the first touch sensor type;
- and
- an integration module configured to concurrently process input from the first touch module and the second touch module.
A method comprising:
- detecting a pressure at a screen pressure module;
- enabling a first touch module based on the pressure exceeding a pressure threshold value;
- and
- integrating input from a second touch module and the first touch module, the input from the first touch module and the second touch module being concurrently received.
A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform:
- receiving a pressure from a screen pressure module;
- enabling a first touch module based on the pressure input from the screen pressure module exceeding a pressure threshold value;
- and
- integrating input from a second touch module and the first touch module, the input from the first touch module and the second touch module being concurrently received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.