ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,444, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Computing device" was invented by Mark K Summerville (Apex, N.C.), Mark Christopher Heidenfeldt (Apex, N.C.), Richard Todd Wall (Clayton, N.C.) and Justin Michael Ringuette (Morrisville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include receiving vibration signals responsive to an object forcibly contacting a location on a back surface of a display housing of a computing device; and, responsive to receipt of the vibration signals, performing at least one action via circuitry of the computing device, where the at least one action includes a user ...