摘要 |
A capacitive touchpad provides operational modes including key input, graphical input, handwriting input, and mouse control. The touchpad comprises a panel having several programmed regions thereon, several patterns in the regions are programmed for the operational modes, and a pattern on the panel is programmed as a mode switch to switch the touchpad between the operational modes. In the graphical input mode, the regions include a graphical input region for graphical input. In the key input mode, the patterns include ones for keys to simulate a keyboard. In the handwriting input mode, the regions include a handwriting region for handwriting input. In the mouse control mode, the regions include a cursor control region as well as horizontal and vertical scroll regions.
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