US 2017/0285843 A1 · COMPUTING DEVICES HAVING SWIPING INTERFACES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME

Abstract

Computing devices having swiping interfaces and methods of operating the same are disclosed herein. A disclosed example computing device includes a first housing, a display disposed within the first housing, a first plurality of touch cells disposed on an edge of the first housing in a linear arrangement within the first housing outside the display, wherein the first plurality of touch cells emit respective ones of a first plurality of touch fields through the first housing on a first surface of the first housing, a memory storing machine-readable instructions, and a processor to execute the machine-readable instructions to at least receive a first plurality touch input signals from the first plurality of touch cells, and to operate the computing device to unlock the computing according to the first plurality of touch input signals.

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Dependent claims

A computing device, comprising:

a first housing;
a display disposed within the first housing;
a first plurality of touch cells disposed within the first housing, in a linear arrangement outside of the display, wherein the first plurality of touch cells respectively emit a first plurality of signals through a first surface of the first housing;
a processor;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive a first plurality of touch input signals from the first plurality of touch cells;
and
operate the computing device in accordance with the first plurality of touch input signals.

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A method of operating a computing device having a housing and a display disposed within the housing, the method comprising:

operating a plurality of touch cells to respectively emit a plurality of signals through the housing, the plurality of touch cells being arranged linearly within the housing, along an edge portion of the housing, outside the display;
receiving a plurality of touch input signals from the plurality of touch cells;
and
operating the computing device in response to the plurality of touch input signals, including unlocking the computing device from a standby state or an off state in response to the plurality of touch input signals.

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A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor causes the processor to execute a method, the method comprising:

operating a plurality of touch cells to respectively emit a plurality of signals through a housing of a computing device, the plurality of touch cells being arranged linearly within the housing, along an edge portion of the housing, outside a display positioned in the housing;
receiving a plurality of touch input signals from the plurality of touch cells;
and
operating the computing device in response to the plurality of touch input signals, including unlocking the computing device from a standby state or an off state in response to the plurality of touch input signals.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Computing devices having swiping interfaces and methods of operating the same

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