Patent ID: 9092125
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An input method for an electronic device comprising: detecting an input from an input device; determining an occurrence of a transition from a first contact portion of a first finger to a second, different, contact portion of the first finger, at the input device, wherein the transition includes a transition from a finger contact portion comprising a first one of a fingernail or a fingertip to a second contact portion comprising a second one of a fingernail or a fingertip, wherein determining the transition to the fingernail is based a different detectable electrical characteristic of the fingernail touching the input device and wherein the transition between the fingertip of the user and the fingernail of the user correlates to at least three different corresponding functions comprising: a first function based only on the fingertip of the user being in contact with the input device; a second function based only on the fingertip of the user and the fingernail of the user being in contact with the input device; and a third function based on only the fingernail of the user being in contact with the input device, wherein the first function, the second function, and the third function are different functions; and correlating the transition, by utilizing a mapping technique, to a corresponding function.