- Patent Title: Force sensor-based motion or orientation determination in a device
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Application No.: US15089400Application Date: 2016-04-01
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Publication No.: US10254870B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Vinay Chawda , Vikrham Gowreesunker , Alex Bijamov
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: G09G5/00
- IPC: G09G5/00 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/00

Abstract:
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a touch sensor panel configured to detect an object touching the touch sensor panel and a plurality of force sensors coupled to the touch sensor panel and configured to detect an amount of force with which the object touches the touch sensor panel. A processor is coupled to the plurality of force sensors, the processor configured to: measure a first value from a first force sensor of the plurality of force sensors; measure a second value from a second force sensor of the plurality of force sensors, different from the first force sensor; and determine a motion characteristic of the electronic device based on the first value and the second value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170153737A1 FORCE SENSOR-BASED MOTION OR ORIENTATION DETERMINATION IN A DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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