Patent ID: 9454239
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for generating a keyboard command signal, the method comprising: monitoring a plurality of depressible keys for a plurality of touch events on a surface of one or more of the plurality of depressible keys; monitoring the plurality of depressible keys for a depression of a key of the plurality of depressible keys; and generating one or more command signals based on the monitoring of the plurality of depressible keys for touch events on the surface of one or more of the plurality of depressible keys and the monitoring of the plurality of depressible keys for the depression of the key of the plurality of depressible keys, wherein each of the one or more command signals is a touch event command signal or a key depression command signal and each touch event corresponds to one respective command signal of the one or more command signals, wherein a touch event command signal is generated in response to detecting a first touch event on the surface of the one or more of the plurality of depressible keys and detecting the depression of a key of the plurality of depressible keys within a threshold length of time from detecting the first touch event, wherein the one or more of the plurality of depressible keys at which the first touch event is detected is different than the depressed key.