Patent ID: 9201559
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of operating an input device in conjunction with a host device, the method comprising: monitoring a displacement sensor configured to detect movement of the input device relative to a work surface; monitoring a first touch zone of the input device, the first touch zone configured to detect a touch movement along a surface of the first touch zone; monitoring a second touch zone of the input device, the second touch zone configured to detect a touch movement along a surface of the second touch zone, the second touch zone being physically separate from the first touch zone, such that a portion of a housing of the input device separates the two touch zones; simultaneously detecting no movement by the displacement sensor and detecting a touch movement signal on the surface of the first touch zone; inhibiting the first input command based on the combination of detecting movement by the displacement sensor and detecting the touch movement on the first touch zone; determining that no movement is detected along the second touch zone of the input device; determining a first input command based on the combination of detecting no movement by the displacement sensor, detecting the touch movement gesture on the first touch zone, and detecting no touch movement gesture on the second touch zone; and transmitting a signal associated with the first input command from the input device to the host device.