Device operated through opaque cover and system
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsToni Hemminki, Teemu Rämö
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Abstract
A device comprising a touch sensing element and a processing unit is provided. The device has one or more cover operation modes. The processing unit is adapted to activate one of the cover operation modes of the device when a non-conductive opaque cover element is applied to the device, and the device is adapted to be operated via the touch sensing element through the non-conductive opaque cover element when the cover operation mode of the device is active. A system comprising a device and a cover element is provided. A method for controlling a device comprising a touch sensing element is also provided.
Claims20
A device comprising a touch sensing element and a processing unit, wherein:
- the device has one or more cover operation modes,
- the processing unit is adapted to identify a non-conductive opaque cover element applied to at least part of the touch sensing element of the device, and to activate one of the cover operation modes of the device, and
- the device is adapted to be operated via the touch sensing element through the non-conductive opaque cover element when the cover operation mode of the device is active.
A system comprising:
- a device comprising a touch sensing element, and
- a removable non-conductive opaque cover element which is adapted to be applied to the device, wherein, when said cover element is applied to the device:
- the non-conductive opaque cover element is adapted to cover at least part of the touch sensing element, and
- the device is adapted to be operated via the touch sensing element through the non-conductive opaque cover element.
A method for controlling a device comprising a touch sensing element, the method comprising:
- identifying a non-conductive opaque cover element applied to at least part of the touch sensing element of the device,
- activating a cover operation mode of the device upon identification of the cover element,
- receiving user input through the non-conductive opaque cover element applied to at least part of the touch sensing element of the device, and
- performing at least one function of the cover operation mode of the device in response to the received user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.