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Abstract

A touch-pad digital computer pointing-device, for controlling a position of a cursor appearing on a display screen of a digital computer, senses and resolves respective locations within an active area at which concurrent multi-finger contacts occur. Multi-finger contacts with the active area activate or deactivate a drag-lock operating mode, computer power conservation, and other touch-pad operating characteristics such as the touch-pad's sensitivity to finger contact. The touch-pad also senses a velocity and direction for finger contact with the active area for use in transmitting data to the computer which effects continuous cursor movement across the computer's display screen in a direction fixed by the initial direction of contact movement across the active area. While there is no finger contact with the active area, the touch-pad monitors the active area and adjusts its operation to compensate for changes in the surrounding environment such as changes in temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure.

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