Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC TOUCH AND FORCE SENSING
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Application No.: US15989063Application Date: 2018-05-24
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Publication No.: US20180341359A1Publication Date: 2018-11-29
- Inventor: Ehsan KHAJEH , Brian Michael KING , Mohammad YEKE YAZDANDOOST , Marcus YIP , Aaron Scott TUCKER , Marduke YOUSEFPOR , Peter Jon KARDASSAKIS , Giovanni GOZZINI , Supratik DATTA , Asif HUSSAIN
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/0354

Abstract:
Acoustic touch and/or force sensing system architectures and methods for acoustic touch and/or force sensing can be used to detect a position of an object touching a surface and an amount of force applied to the surface by the object. The position and/or an applied force can be determined using time-of-flight (TOF) techniques, for example. Acoustic touch sensing can utilize transducers (e.g., piezoelectric) to simultaneously transmit ultrasonic waves along a surface and through a thickness of a deformable material. The location of the object and the applied force can be determined based on the amount of time elapsing between the transmission of the waves and receipt of the reflected waves. In some examples, an acoustic touch sensing system can be insensitive to water contact on the device surface, and thus acoustic touch sensing can be used for touch sensing in devices that may become wet or fully submerged in water.
Public/Granted literature
- US11347355B2 System and method for acoustic touch and force sensing Public/Granted day:2022-05-31
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