Mechanism for employing and facilitating an edge thumb sensor at a computing device

摘要

A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating a thumb sensor at a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes extending a touch panel of a computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a side sensor of the computing device, and sensing a use of the side sensor, the use including touching of the side sensor by a user, where sensing may include detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines. The method may further include facilitating an action in response to the use of the side sensor.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
extending a touch panel of a computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a unified touch sensor of the computing device, wherein extending includes unifying the touch panel and the flap into the unified touch sensor, wherein unifying includes adding scanning traces to the touch panel to project a unified capacitive sensing to the flap; sensing a use of the unified touch sensor, the use comprising touching of the unified touch sensor by a user, and wherein sensing comprises detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines running between the touch panel and the flap to provide the unified capacitive sensing throughout the unified touch sensor; and facilitating an action in response to the use of the unified touch sensor.