Touch-sensitive control systems and methods
AssigneeHTC Corporation
InventorsYi-Shen Wang, Cheng-Chieh Chuang
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Abstract
Touch-sensitive control systems and methods are provided. The touch-sensitive control system includes a touch interface and a sensor. The touch interface includes a first zone and a second zone having an icon corresponding to a function. The sensor is disposed under the touch interface for detecting contacts on the physical interface. When a contact on the icon of the second zone is detected by the sensor, the corresponding function is activated. When a movement on the first zone is detected by the sensor, an operation corresponding to the function is performed according to the movement.
Claims7
An electronic device, comprising:
- a touch interface comprising at least a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone is a touch-sensitive keyboard comprising a plurality of input keys, and wherein the second zone comprises at least one icon corresponding to a function;
- a display unit for displaying a function object corresponding to the function, wherein the display unit is separated from the touch interface;
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- a sensor, disposed under the touch interface, for detecting contacts on the touch interface, wherein when a contact on the icon of the second zone is detected by the sensor and dragged from the second zone to the touch-sensitive keyboard, the corresponding function is activated and the corresponding function object is moved on the display unit according to a continuous movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive keyboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.