Patent ID: 8633916

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: storage and processing circuitry; and a track pad coupled to the storage and processing circuitry, wherein the track pad has an active surface and a touch pad member that extends across substantially all of the active surface, a touch sensor array coupled to the touch pad member, force sensors coupled to the touch pad member that produce force sensor signals indicative of how forcefully an external object is pressing on the touch pad member, and an actuator coupled to the touch pad member that produces tactile feedback by moving the touch pad member in response to the force sensor signals, wherein the storage and processing circuitry is configured to use the touch sensor array to detect gesturing activity on the track pad by identifying gesturing movement across the active surface of the track pad and is configured to momentarily inhibit movement of the touch pad member by the actuator in response to detecting the gesturing activity, wherein the gesturing movement across the active surface of the track pad is associated with multiple locations on the active surface of the track pad.