Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse buttons and mouse operations on a touch sensor pad

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PATENT NO 5825352
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08608116

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Method and apparatus for detecting an operative coupling between one or more fingers or other appropriate objects and a touch pad includes processes for detection of multiple maxima with intermediate minima in appropriate sequences to emulate the operations of cursor control and button actuations in a pointing and control device.

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ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPHSINCHU

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bisset, Stephen J Palo Alto, CA 7 3944
Kasser, Bernard Menlo Park, CA 9 3663

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