Methods and apparatus for adaptive keyboard scanning
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSagar Pawar, Raghavendra Nagaraj, Prakash Pillai, Ovais Pir, Pannerkumar Rajagopal
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for adaptive keyboard scanning are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to adaptively control operation of a keyboard includes at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry. The processor circuitry is to determine whether to operate the keyboard in a first mode or in a second mode different from the first mode, the first mode corresponding to a first number of keys, the second mode corresponding to a second number of keys less than the first number of keys, and set the keyboard to operate in the first mode or the second mode based on the determination.
Claims30
An apparatus to adaptively control operation of a keyboard, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory;
- instructions;
- and
- processor circuitry to execute the instructions to:
- determine whether to operate the keyboard in a first mode or in a second mode different from the first mode, the first mode corresponding to a first number of keys, the second mode corresponding to a second number of keys less than the first number of keys, and
- set the keyboard to operate in the first mode or the second mode based on the determination.
A keyboard comprising:
- a housing;
- keys supported by the housing, ones of the keys associated with a respective row and a respective column;
- and
- a hub controller to set sampling of the keys in a first mode or in a second mode, the first mode corresponding to a first number of ones of the keys, the second mode corresponding to a second number of ones of the keys less than the first number of ones of the keys.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed, cause processor circuitry to:
- determine whether to operate a keyboard in a first mode or in a second mode different from the first mode, the first mode corresponding to a first number of keys, the second mode corresponding to a second number of keys less than the first number of keys;
- and
- set, based on the determination, the keyboard to scan the first number of keys in the first mode, or scan the second number of keys in the second mode.
A method comprising:
- determining, by executing instructions with at least one processor, whether to operate a keyboard in a first mode or in a second mode different from the first mode, the first mode corresponding to a first number of keys, the second mode corresponding to a second number of keys less than the first number of keys;
- and
- in response to determining whether to operate the keyboard in the first mode or in the second mode, setting, by executing instructions with the at least one processor, the keyboard to scan the first number of keys in the first mode, or setting the keyboard to scan the second number of keys in the second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.