Retractable touchpad devices and methods

A device comprising:

• a frame that is movable between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, movement of the frame between the folded configuration and the unfolded configuration causing the frame to define a shape having a perimeter, the frame including a plurality of light sensors attached along the perimeter;
• and
• a base attached to the frame, the base including a recessed area, the recessed area including a plurality of light sources disposed along a surface thereof, the light sources in the recessed area being configured to remain exposed in a planar view of the perimeter while the frame is in the unfolded configurations.

A method comprising:

• moving a frame, attached to a base of an electronic device, to move the frame between a first configuration, in which a plurality of sensors attached to the frame are unaligned from a plurality of light sources attached along a perimeter of the frame and a recessed area included in the base, such that the plurality of sensors are unable to sense light emitted from the plurality of lights sources, and a second configuration, in which the plurality of sensors are exposed in a planar view of the perimeter and aligned with plurality of light sources, such that the plurality of sensors are configured to sense light emitted from the plurality of lights sources.