Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for determining types of user input
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Application No.: US14679992Application Date: 2015-04-06
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Publication No.: US09933882B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Adam Schwartz , Joel Jordan , Tom Vandermeijden , Petr Shepelev
- Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: FBFK PC
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; G06F3/041 ; H03K17/96

Abstract:
The embodiments described herein thus provide devices and methods that facilitate improved input devices. Specifically, the devices, systems and methods provide the ability to accurately determine user input using multiple different sensing regimes. The different sensing regimes can be used to facilitate accurate position determination of objects both at the surface and away from the surface. For example, the different sensing regimes can be used to determine position information for both ungloved and gloved fingers. In one embodiment the first sensing regime uses a first duty cycle of absolute capacitive sensing and a first duty cycle of transcapacitive sensing. The second sensing regime uses a second duty cycle of absolute capacitive sensing and a second duty cycle of transcapacitive sensing, where the second duty cycle of absolute capacitive sensing is greater than the first duty cycle of absolute capacitive sensing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150227255A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TYPES OF USER INPUT Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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