Mechanism for employing and facilitating an edge thumb sensor at a computing device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorDavid L. Graumann
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Abstract
A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating a thumb sensor at a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes extending a touch panel of a computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a side sensor of the computing device, and sensing a use of the side sensor, the use including touching of the side sensor by a user, where sensing may include detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines. The method may further include facilitating an action in response to the use of the side sensor.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- extending a touch panel of a computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a side sensor of the computing device;
- sensing a use of the side sensor, the use including touching of the side sensor by a user, and wherein sensing includes detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines;
- and
- facilitating an action in response to the use of the side sensor.
A system comprising:
- a computing device having a memory to store instructions for facilitating a thumb sensor mechanism, and a processing device to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the processing device to:
- extend a touch panel of the computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a side sensor of the computing device;
- sense a use of the side sensor, the use including touching of the side sensor by a user, and wherein sensing includes detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines;
- and
- facilitate an action in response to the use of the side sensor.
A machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- extend a touch panel of a computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a side sensor of the computing device;
- sense a use of the side sensor, the use including touching of the side sensor by a user, and wherein sensing includes detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines;
- and
- facilitate an action in response to the use of the side sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.