Keyboard for touch-sensitive display device
Examples are disclosed that relate to a keyboard for a touch-sensitive display device. One example provides a touch-sensitive display device comprising a touch sensor, a display, a wireless receiver, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem. The storage subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to, in a first mode in which a keyboard satisfies a detection condition of the touch sensor, detect, via the touch sensor, input applied to the keyboard, and, in a second mode in which the keyboard does not satisfy the detection condition of the touch sensor, receive input from the keyboard via the wireless receiver, the input being detected at least in part by the keyboard operating in the second mode.
1. A system comprising a keyboard and a touch-sensitive display device, the touch-sensitive display device comprising:
a touch sensor;
a display;
a wireless receiver;
a logic subsystem; and
a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to:
in a first mode in which the keyboard satisfies a detection condition of the touch sensor and a wireless transmitter of the keyboard is disabled, detect, via the touch sensor, keystroke input applied to the keyboard; and
in a second mode in which the keyboard does not satisfy the detection condition of the touch sensor and the wireless transmitter of the keyboard is enabled, receive keystroke input that was applied to the keyboard and transmitted by the wireless transmitter of the keyboard to the wireless receiver, the keystroke input being detected at least in part by the keyboard operating in the second mode.
2. The system of claim 1 , where the instructions are further executable to, in the first mode, cause the wireless transmitter to be disabled, and in the second mode, cause the wireless transmitter to be enabled.
3. The system of claim 1 , where the detection condition includes contact between the keyboard and a touch surface of the touch-sensitive display device.
4. The system of claim 1 , where the instructions are further executable to engage the first mode in response to detecting that the keyboard satisfies the detection condition of the touch sensor, and to engage the second mode in response to detecting that the keyboard does not satisfy the detection condition of the touch sensor.
5. The system of claim 1 , where the instructions are further executable to engage the first mode in response to detecting, via the touch sensor, a test keystroke input received from the keyboard via the wireless receiver.
6. The system of claim 1 , where the instructions are further executable to detect, in the first mode, an orientation of the keyboard relative to the touch sensor.
7. The system of claim 6 , where the instructions are further executable to output, at the display, a user interface based on the orientation of the keyboard relative to the touch sensor.
8. The system of claim 1 , where the instructions are further executable to, in a third mode in which a first subset of the keys of the keyboard satisfies the detection condition and a second subset of the keys of the keyboard does not satisfy the detection condition, detect, via the touch sensor, keystroke input applied to the first subset of the keyboard, and receive, via the wireless receiver, keystroke input applied to the second subset of the keyboard.
9. The system of claim 8 , where the instructions are further executable to, in the third mode, cause scanning of the first subset by the keyboard to be disabled.
10. The system of claim 1 , where the touch sensor uses a first scan setting to detect finger input and a second scan setting different from the first scan setting to detect the keystroke input applied to the keyboard.
11. A method of operating a touch-sensitive display device and a keyboard, comprising:
in a first mode in which the keyboard satisfies a detection condition of the touch sensor of the touch-sensitive display device and a wireless transmitter of the keyboard is disabled, detecting, via the touch sensor, keystroke input applied to the keyboard; and
in a second mode in which the keyboard does not satisfy the detection condition of the touch sensor and the wireless transmitter of the keyboard is enabled, receiving keystroke input that was applied to the keyboard and transmitted by the wireless transmitter of the keyboard to a wireless receiver of the touch-sensitive display device, the keystroke input being detected at least in part by the keyboard operating in the second mode.
12. The method of claim 11 , where the detection condition includes contact between the keyboard and a touch surface of the touch-sensitive display device.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising engaging the first mode in response to detecting that the keyboard satisfies the detection condition of the touch sensor, and engaging the second mode in response to detecting that the keyboard does not satisfy the detection condition of the touch sensor.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising engaging the first mode in response to detecting, via the touch sensor, a test keystroke input received from the keyboard via the wireless receiver.
15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising detecting, in the first mode, an orientation of the keyboard relative to the touch sensor.
16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, in a third mode in which a first subset of keys of the keyboard satisfies the detection condition and a second subset of keys of the keyboard does not satisfy the detection condition, detecting, via the touch sensor, keystroke input applied to the first subset of the keys of the keyboard, and receiving, via the wireless receiver, keystroke input applied to the second subset of the keys of the keyboard.
17. A touch-sensitive display device, comprising:
a display;
a touch sensor to detect a touch input at the display;
a wireless receiver;
a logic subsystem; and
a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to:
in a first mode in which a keyboard overlaid upon the display satisfies a detection condition of the touch sensor and a wireless transmitter of the keyboard is disabled, detect a first keystroke input applied to one or more keys of the keyboard via the touch sensor; and
in a second mode in which the keyboard does not satisfy the detection condition of the touch sensor and the wireless transmitter of the keyboard is enabled, receive a second keystroke input applied to one or more keys of the keyboard and transmitted by the wireless transmitter of the keyboard to the wireless receiver, the second keystroke input being detected at least in part by the keyboard operating in the second mode.
18. The touch-sensitive display device of claim 17 , wherein the first keystroke input and the second keystroke input applied to the keyboard is a typing input.