Touchpad activation regions for dynamic touch sensor activation

A user device, comprising:

• a touchpad including a plurality of touch sensors;
• and
• an input detection circuitry configured to:
• define a plurality of activation regions of the touchpad in response to the touchpad receiving a user interaction, wherein the regions are based on a location and a direction of the user interaction at the touchpad;
• assign a corresponding activation weight to each of the plurality of activation regions, wherein activation regions that extend farther in the direction of the user interaction are assigned progressively lower activation weights;
• activate the touch sensor within each of the plurality of activation regions based on the activation weight assigned to that activation region, wherein each activated touch sensor is able to detect user interactions;
• and
• generate at least one extended reality (XR) application control signal based on output from one or more activated touch sensors.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a user device, cause the at least one processor to:

• define a plurality of activation regions of a touchpad in response to receiving a user interaction at the touchpad, wherein the regions are defined based on a location and a direction of the user interaction at the touchpad;
• assign a corresponding activation weight to each activation region of the touchpad, wherein activation regions that extend farther in the direction of the user interaction are assigned progressively lower activation weights;
• activate each touch sensor within each activation region based on the activation weight assigned to that activation region, wherein each activated touch sensor is able to detect user interactions;
• and
• generate at least one extended reality (XR) application control signal based on output from one or more activated touch sensors.

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim further including instructions that cause the at least one processor to:

• for the touch sensor within the activation region:
• generate a first outcome or a second outcome based on the activation weight assigned to the activation region;
• in response generating the first outcome, activate the touch sensor such that the touch sensor is able to detect user interactions;
• and
• in response to generating the second outcome, not activate the touch sensor such that the touch sensor is not able to detect user interactions.