Patent ID: 8553007
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device comprising: a housing including a surface; an input component comprising a plurality of input members; a touch sensitive input component disposed about the input members of said input component, said touch sensitive input component being separate and distinct from said input members and said input component and being structured to provide a contact point with respect to the surface of said housing responsive to actuation of a number of said input members; and a processor cooperating with said input component and said touch sensitive input component to determine if a plurality of said input members are actuated contemporaneously and to output a representation of a single one of said input members based upon said contact point; wherein said processor comprises a memory including a table having, for each of said input members, a representation of a corresponding one of said input members, at least one character associated with the corresponding one of said input members, a first coordinate of the corresponding one of said input members with respect to the surface of said housing, and a second coordinate of the corresponding one of said input members with respect to the surface of said housing; wherein said touch sensitive input component is further structured to provide said contact point by sensing a third coordinate and a fourth coordinate corresponding to said contact point with respect to the surface of said housing; and wherein, when the third coordinate is within a first predetermined value of the first coordinate of an input member and when the fourth coordinate is within a second predetermined value of the second coordinate of the input member, the processor determines the first and second coordinates of the input member as a closest pair of first and second coordinates to the third and fourth coordinates.