Patent ID: 6424338
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for configuring the control gain of a computer pointing device, said pointing device being of the touch sensing type employing a bounded plane sensing surface and said pointing device being further of type capable of providing x-y position information to a host computer system in response to the presence of an object touching said sensing surface, said method comprising the steps of:dividing the sensing plane into a plurality of distinct regions and associating a given control gain setting for each region; detecting the touch down of an object onto said sensing surface; sending x-y position information of said touch down to said host computer system; determining in which of said distinct regions said touch down occurred based on the x-y position information of said touch down; and configuring the pointing device according to the control gain setting associated with the distinct region in which it is determined that said touch down occurred.