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US 9,436,295 B2Granted
Alternate dynamic keyboard for convertible tablet computers
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsArvind Kumar, Duncan Glendinning
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Abstract
Systems and methods may provide for detecting an event on a computing device having an embedded keyboard with a default mapping of keys to functions and disabling a first subset of keys on the embedded keyboard in response to the event. Additionally, a second subset of keys on the embedded keyboard may be re-mapped to one or more different functions if an application running on the computing device supports keyboard re-mapping. In one example, re-mapping the second subset of keys includes grouping two or more keys in the second subset into a common function.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- logic, implemented on a hardware that is at least partially fixed, to:
- detect an event on a computing device having an embedded keyboard with a default mapping of keys to functions,
- disable a first subset of keys on the embedded keyboard in response to the event, and
- re-map a second subset of keys on the embedded keyboard to one or more different functions if an application running on the computing device supports keyboard re-mapping,
- wherein the event is to be detected based on sensor data associated with the computing device and the event is to be a physical transition of the computing device into a tablet mode, the tablet mode comprising the embedded keyboard folded behind a touch enabled display in a single piece configuration,
- wherein the logic is to use the sensor data to determine whether a user is grasping the embedded keyboard, and wherein the second subset of keys is re-mapped if the user is grasping the embedded keyboard.
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A computing device comprising:
- a battery to supply power to the computing device;
- an embedded keyboard with a default mapping of keys to functions;
- and
- a sensor hub including logic, implemented at least partially in fixed-functionality hardware, to:
- detect an event on the computing device,
- disable a first subset of keys on the embedded keyboard in response to the event, and re-map a second subset of keys on the embedded keyboard to one or more different functions if an application running on the computing device supports keyboard re-mapping,
- wherein the event is to be detected based on sensor data associated with the computing device and the event is to be a physical transition of the computing device into a tablet mode, the tablet mode comprising the embedded keyboard folded behind a touch enabled display in a single piece configuration,
- wherein the logic is to use the sensor data to determine whether a user is grasping the embedded keyboard, and wherein the second subset of keys is re-mapped if the user is grasping the embedded keyboard.
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A method comprising:
- detecting an event on a computing device having an embedded keyboard with a default mapping of keys to functions;
- disabling a first subset of keys on the embedded keyboard in response to the event;
- and
- re-mapping a second subset of keys on the embedded keyboard to one or more different functions if an application running on the computing device supports keyboard re-mapping,
- wherein the event is detected based on sensor data associated with the computing device and the event is a physical transition of the computing device into a tablet mode, the tablet mode comprising the embedded keyboard folded behind a touch enabled display in a single piece configuration,
- wherein the logic is to use the sensor data to determine whether a user is grasping the embedded keyboard, and wherein the second subset of keys is re-mapped if the user is grasping the embedded keyboard.
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At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a computing device having an embedded keyboard
- with a default mapping of keys to functions, cause the computing device to:
- detect an event on the computing device;
- disable a first subset of keys on the embedded keyboard in response to the event;
- and
- re-map a second subset of keys on the embedded keyboard to one or more different functions if an application running on the computing device supports keyboard re-mapping,
- wherein the event is to be detected based on sensor data associated with the computing device and the event is to be a physical transition of the computing device into a tablet mode, the tablet mode comprising the embedded keyboard folded behind a touch enabled display in a single piece configuration,
- wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to use the sensor data to determine whether a user is grasping the embedded keyboard, and wherein the second subset of keys is re-mapped if the user is grasping the embedded keyboard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.