- Patent Title: Capacitive touch panel for sensing mechanical inputs to a device
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Application No.: US14915224Application Date: 2014-03-19
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Publication No.: US11221697B2Publication Date: 2022-01-11
- Inventor: Anna-Katrina Shedletsky , Christopher Werner , Colin M. Ely , Fletcher R. Rothkopf
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kubota & Basol LLP
- Priority: WOPCT/US2013/057161 20130828
- International Application: PCT/US2014/031255 WO 20140319
- International Announcement: WO2015/030870 WO 20150305
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/0362 ; G06F3/039

Abstract:
A device including a mechanical input and a touch-sensitive surface for detecting one or more touch inputs and an input from the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs, and a second portion for detecting at least the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs and the mechanical input. The mechanical input can comprise an electrically conductive material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the mechanical input and the touch-sensitive surface. The device can include a sensing element, the mechanical input can comprise an electrically insulating material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the touch-sensitive surface and the sensing element. The device can include logic to differentiate between the touch inputs and the mechanical input.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160216801A1 CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL FOR SENSING MECHANICAL INPUTS TO A DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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