Richard D. Woolley

Movement capability for buttonless touchpads and forcepads

Dynamic suspension and passive haptic feedback for touch sensors

Movement capability for buttonless touchpads and forcepads

Determining what input to accept by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-off and slide-off when gesturing or performing a function

ENABLING DATA TRACKING WITHOUT REQUIRING DIRECT CONTACT

Touchpad combined with a display and having proximity and touch sensing capabilities to enable different functions or interfaces to be displayed

GRADUATED PALM REJECTION TO IMPROVE TOUCH SENSOR PERFORMANCE

INPUT INTERACTION ON A TOUCH SENSOR COMBINING TOUCH AND HOVER ACTIONS

DETERMINING WHAT INPUT TO ACCEPT BY A TOUCH SENSOR AFTER INTENTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL LIFT-OFF and SLIDE-OFF WHEN GESTURING OR PERFORMING A FUNCTION

MULTITOUCH INPUT TO TOUCHPAD DERIVED FROM POSITIVE SLOPE DETECTION DATA

Method for distinguishing between edge swipe gestures that enter a touch sensor from an edge and other similar but non-edge swipe actions

TOUCHPAD OPERATING AS A HYBRID TABLET

Method of detecting and tracking multiple objects on a touchpad using a data collection algorithm that only detects an outer edge of the objects and then assumes that the outer edges define a single large object

Reenable delay of a touchpad or touch screen to prevent erroneous input when typing

Multitouch input to touchpad derived from positive slope detection data

CAPACITIVE TOUCHPAD CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN A SINGLE SURFACE TRACKING MODE AND A BUTTON MODE WITH REDUCED SURFACE TRACKING CAPABILITY

Visual clarity of a substantially transparent touchpad

Method of detecting and tracking multiple objects on a touchpad using a data collection algorithm that only detects an outer edge of the objects and then assumes that the outer edges define a single large object

Method for reducing latency when using multi-touch gesture on touchpad

Method and system for performing scrolling by movement of a pointing object in a curvilinear path on a touchpad

Touchpad combined with a display and having proximity and touch sensing capabilities to enable different functions or interfaces to be displayed

GESTURE COMMANDS PERFORMED IN PROXIMITY BUT WITHOUT MAKING PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH A TOUCHPAD

TOUCHPAD USING A COMBINATION OF TOUCHDOWN AND RADIAL MOVEMENTS TO PROVIDE CONTROL SIGNALS

ILLUMINATED FEEDBACK FOR A TOUCHPAD BY PROVIDING A LIGHT SOURCE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FINGER POSITION ON A TOUCHPAD

METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AND CONTROLLING SCROLLING ON A TOUCHPAD

Method of scrolling that is activated by touchdown in a predefined location on a touchpad that recognizes gestures for controlling scrolling functions

CAPACITANCE SENSING TOUCHPAD CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF DUAL USE AS A TOUCHPAD CONTROLLER AND KEYBOARD CONTROLLER

SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TACTILE SENSATION TO A ROBOTIC GRASPING MECHANISM USING CAPACITANCE TOUCHPAD TECHNOLOGY

CURSOR VELOCITY BEING MADE PROPORTIONAL TO DISPLACEMENT IN A CAPACITANCE-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE

Touchpad control of character actions in a virtual environment using gestures

RECTANGULAR SENSOR GRID THAT PROVIDES FUNCTIONALITY AS A RECTANGULAR TOUCHPAD SENSOR AND A CIRCULAR SCROLLING REGION