Method using finger force upon a touchpad for controlling a computerized system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9639195
APP PUB NO 20140253515A1
SERIAL NO

14282331

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A method for controlling an input from a user to a computerized system including a touchpad is presented. The method includes obtaining data from the touchpad. The data is associated with the location and force of a finger and/or a hand of the user upon the touchpad and not associated with an image of the finger from an image sensor, when the user operates the computerized system using the touchpad. The method further includes communicating the data from the touchpad to the computerized system and analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand. The method further includes determining, using the model, that at least one finger of the user is touching a first control region of the touchpad using a first force.

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  • HANDSCAPE INC.

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Luo, Tong Fremont, US 39 834

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