Patent ID: 8686957
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a casing; a touch sensor disposed on the casing as a first manually-operable control and providing a touch-sensitive surface to enable operation of a user interface by a user of the apparatus with a tip of a digit of the user; a second manually-operable control to sense a mere touch of the second manually-operable control by the tip, and disposed on the casing at a location in close proximity to a portion of the periphery of the touch-sensitive surface of the touch sensor; an outer conductive ring disposed about the periphery of the touch-sensitive surface of the touch sensor enabling an approach of the tip towards at least portions of the touch-sensitive surface adjacent the periphery of the touch-sensitive surface to be detected; a processing device able to access the touch sensor and the second manually-operable control; and a storage accessible to the processing device and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processing device, causes the processing device to: