Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Measuring body capacitance effect in touch sensitive device
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Application No.: US15261578Application Date: 2016-09-09
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Publication No.: US10282026B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Christoph H. Krah , Steven P. Hotelling , Marduke Yousefpor
- 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: G06F3/0488
- IPC: G06F3/0488 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; H03K17/96 ; G02F1/1333

Abstract:
Measuring an effect of body capacitance in a touch sensitive device is disclosed. This effect can be caused by poor grounding of a user or other objects touching the device or of the device itself. The device can operate in a stray capacitance mode to measure a body capacitance effect and in a normal mode to detect a touch on the device. During the stray capacitance mode, the device can obtain a body capacitance measurement from the device. During the normal mode, the device can obtain a touch measurement from the device. The device can calculate a body capacitance factor based on a ratio between the body capacitance measurement and the touch measurement and use the body capacitance factor to compensate for erroneous or distorted touch output values from the device. Various components of the device can be switchably configured according to the particular mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160378263A1 MEASURING BODY CAPACITANCE EFFECT IN TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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