Friday, November 20, 2009

Why are laptop touchpads not activated by anything other than human skin?

Try using your laptop pad with a pen etc and it doesn't work, why?

Why are laptop touchpads not activated by anything other than human skin?
Touchpads operate in one of a few different ways, all of which entail sensing the capacitance of a finger, or the capacitance between sensors. This is why they will not sense the tip of a pen or other similar implement.
Reply:It sense heat i think...
Reply:This a good question, i believe ist the oil in skin.
Reply:i think they are heat sencored idk but they are very senative
Reply:that mine your touch pads have problem or damaged..or our setting in the computer..
Reply:Here's a link that might explain its working:


http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/552133...
Reply:You need something thicker. Your pen is very thin and so its not detected.


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