Alternate dynamic keyboard for convertible tablet computers

摘要

Systems and methods may provide for detecting an event on a computing device having an embedded keyboard with a default mapping of keys to functions and disabling a first subset of keys on the embedded keyboard in response to the event. Additionally, a second subset of keys on the embedded keyboard may be re-mapped to one or more different functions if an application running on the computing device supports keyboard re-mapping. In one example, re-mapping the second subset of keys includes grouping two or more keys in the second subset into a common function.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
logic, implemented on a hardware that is at least partially fixed, to: detect an event on a computing device having an embedded keyboard with a default mapping of keys to functions, disable a first subset of keys on the embedded keyboard in response to the event, and re-map a second subset of keys on the embedded keyboard to one or more different functions if an application running on the computing device supports keyboard re-mapping, wherein the event is to be detected based on sensor data associated with the computing device and the event is to be a physical transition of the computing device into a tablet mode, the tablet mode comprising the embedded keyboard folded behind a touch enabled display in a single piece configuration, wherein the logic is to use the sensor data to determine whether a user is grasping the embedded keyboard, and wherein the second subset of keys is re-mapped if the user is grasping the embedded keyboard.