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US 9,310,960 B2Granted
Presenting indication of input to a touch-enabled pad on touch-enabled pad
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsDaniel Jordan Schantz, Wesley Abram Luttrell, Christopher Miles Osborne, Vincent Charles Conzola
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Abstract
In one aspect, an apparatus includes a housing, a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input to the touch-enabled pad and to present an indication of the input on the touch-enabled pad.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
- a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing;
- a processor;
- and
- storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive input to the touch-enabled pad;
- present an indication of the input for a threshold time;
- and
- at the elapse of the threshold time, cease presenting the indication of the input, the indication presented on the touch-enabled pad;
- wherein the touch-enabled pad comprises a material which non-permanently indents in areas to which input is directed, and wherein the material remains non-permanently indented in areas to which input is directed subsequent to cessation of the input;
- and
- wherein the indication comprises at least one indentation corresponding to the input, and wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to transmit a signal to the touch-enabled pad for the touch-enabled pad to dissipate at least a portion of the at least one indentation.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
- a touch-enabled pad coupled to the housing and having a non-discrete configuration and at least one discrete configuration;
- a processor;
- and
- storage accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive, from the touch-enabled pad, a signal indicative of input to the touch-enabled pad;
- and
- present a representation of the input as one or more non-permanent indentations in the touch-enabled pad to establish a discrete configuration.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving input at a touch-enabled pad, the touch-enabled pad having a non-discrete configuration and at least one discrete configuration;
- and
- using a processor to present a representation of the input as one or more non-permanent indentations in the touch-enabled pad to establish a discrete configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.